(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) A Slaves Muzzle

Sale 2171 - Lot 99

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) "A Slave's Muzzle." A front-page article in the Independent Gazeteer or, the Chronicle of Freedom, for June 11, 1789; four pages, small bi-folium; tiny chip to the top margin; paper evenly toned. A very nice copy. Philadelphia, 1789

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Prints an article "A Slave''s Muzzle," dated Kingston (Jamaica, April 18). It describes in detail a metal device placed across the mouth of a slave. "This muzzle has another use, viz. To prevent our injured fellow creatures from being heard when they are writhing under the severity of the merciless lash." Another article covering the entire second page, deals with freedom of speech versus slander etc. The rear page is typical of 18th-century American newspapers with two very nice woodcuts of a stagecoach service from New York to Philadelphia and an advertisement for the stud horse, "The Beautiful Horse ''Atlas,'' . . . got by the noted horse ''Eclipse.''"