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OVER 20 ARTICLES ON AFRICAN AMERICANS (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, et al. The American Museum Volume VI for 1789. Engraved page. [iv], [5]-492, [1]-46, [vi] pp. Large, thick 8vo, later cloth, ex-libris North-Eastern college with small stamps; paper evenly toned. Philadelphia, 1789
Prints twenty articles on African Americans including William Stanhope Smith's "Essay of the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and figure in the human species," Ben Franklin's "Address to the Public from the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes, unlawfully held in Bondage." The latter was published the same year as a pamphlet. An interesting insight into the mindset of 18th-century America as regards people of African descent. A 46 page section at the end records the doings of the Continental Congress.
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