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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. The Shields of American Slavery. Engraved broadside, 9-1/2 x 8 inches; handsomely framed with a multi-windowed matte, with a small engraving and an engraved metal plaque, explaining the piece. [London: Daggett & Eli,] circa 1825-1850
An unusual engraved broadside showing the four "shields of Slavery": North, South, East and West. Each one of these shields contains a lengthy explanation of how the issue of slavery is dealt with by the Colonizationists, the proponents of gradual emancipation, the missionary societies etc. The first example we have seen of this. OCLC locates only 2 copies.
