(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Tilton Theodore A dramatic autograph

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Tilton, Theodore. A dramatic autograph inscription written on the occasion of the Emancipation Proclamation. Autograph sentiment Signed, 7 1/2 x 5 inches; minimal toning at edges, possibly excised from an autograph album. Np, 6 January 1863

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Theodore Tilton (1835-1907) was a prominent white abolitionist from New York, then working as Henry Ward Beecher's assistant. This inscription was written in somebody's autograph album six days after the Emancipation Proclamation: "Thank God and Abraham Lincoln for the Decree of Freedom, emancipating 3,000,000 slaves. A health to William Lloyd Garrison!"