(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) JONES BENJAMIN S ET AL Abolitionriet

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) JONES, BENJAMIN S, ET AL. Abolitionrieties: or Remarks on Some of the Members of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society for the Eastern District and the American Anti-Slavery Society. (cover title) 32 pages. 16mo, original plain blue rear wrapper only. [Salem, OH], 1840

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first and only edition, "printed, but not published. . .for friends." Benjamin S. Jones (1812-1863) together with Oliver Johnson and Warren E. Robinson were the core of the Western Anti-Slavery Society. They were uncompromising in their attack on the institution of slavery and those who would either support it or tacitly tolerate it, as did many of the clergy of the North. They were referred to as "dis-union abolitionists," and even "infidels." "Abolitionrieties" are a series of light-hearted humorous pieces on some of the figures in the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society as well as many in the mainstream movement. Included are pieces on: Lucretia Mott, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Forten, Lewis and Arthur Tappan, Samuel May, Charles Torrey, William Lloyd Garrison and both Grimkes. Benjamin Jones included himself. Scarce, OCLC locates only three copies. Blockson, 9098; not in Afro-Americana.