(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION)RECONSTRUCTION FREEDMANS BUREAU The

Sale 2239 - Lot 99

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

VOLUME I NUMBER I (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)RECONSTRUCTION--FREEDMAN'S BUREAU. The American Freedman, Volume I, No. 1 [published with] The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin. (no. 1) [1]-16, [1]-16 pages. Tall 8vo, modern marbled paper-covered boards with morocco label, original self-wrappers bound in; title-page to the first item browned with some chips to the edges of the front cover. Phila, 1866

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first issue of this periodical devoted to the freedmen published in the spring of 1866. The Freedman was combined with the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin, their purpose, "To assist the liberated slaves in the destitute condition in which they were left by the war." Outlines plans for schools, etc., and prints a list of subscribers. Very scarce. OCLC locates only two copies. Afro-Americana, 521.