(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [HEYRICK, ELIZABETH.] Immediate, not Gradual Abolition, or an Inquiry into the Shortest, Safest and Most Effectual Means of Getting Rid of West Indian Slavery. 24 pages. 8vo, modern marbled paper-covered boards with morocco label up the spine; paper evenly toned. London Published, 1824. New York: Republished by James V Seaman, 1825
second american edition Elizabeth Heyrick (1789-1831) joined the Society of Friends following her husband's death. She refused to accept the national Anti-Slavery Society's policy of gradual abolition, and instead published the present pamphlet in 1824. She quickly came under fire from the Anti-Slavery Society which tried to suppress the pamphlet. Even William Wilberforce, a staunch anti-slavery man, but savvy politician tried to convince her to change her policy. Heyrick, together with Lucy Townsend, Mary Lloyd, Sarah Wedgwood and Sophia Sturge, broke away from the Society to form the Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves. Heyrick's pamphlet quickly found supporters on the other side of the Atlantic, and this New York printing appeared one year later.
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