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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
FOR THE SPECIAL INSTRUCTION OF SLAVES (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) CHAMBLISS, A. W. The Catechetical Instructor. . . .Designed for the Use of Families, Sabbath Schools and Bible Classes, and Especially for the Oral Instruction of the Colored Population. 365 pages, one page of errata. 12mo, original cloth-backed printed blue paper-covered boards; front cover loose, chips from the bottom of the spine; childish ink inscriptions 'Master Henry Bradford's Book, Wetumpka, Ala.' Serious paper flaw at page 223, still readable. Montgomery: Bates, Hooper and Co, 1847
first edition, and extremely scarce. While a number of copies are located, no copies have appeared at auction in the last 30 years. This work was commissioned in 1846 to answer the need for a catechism specially aimed at the state's large colored [slave] population.
