(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) [Theodore D Weld; editor] American S

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [Theodore D. Weld; editor.] American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. 224 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, moderate wear; minor wear and toning; early owner's signature on front wrapper. New York, 1839

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First edition of an enormously influential anti-slavery pamphlet, filled with thousands of eyewitness quotations on the cruelty of the institution. Harriet Beecher Stowe kept a copy constantly by her side while writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. This is the issue without the "Anti-Slavery Examiner No. 10" heading (priority undetermined). Afro-Americana 11053; Blockson 9148; Sabin 102547.