Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 91

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) HUTCHINSON, ASA B. The Granite Songster, Containing the Poetry as Sung by the Hutchinson Family. 64 pages, recent full calf; title within a gilt rule on the upper cover; date on the spine. Boston: Asa B. Hutchinson, 1847

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rare first edition of this little volume sold at the Hutchinson's concerts to raise money for the cause. The Hutchinson Family were devout abolitionists who toured the country singing songs of their own creation like 'Get off the Track.' They often faced pro-slavery bullies who would throw stones at the singers.