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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--JUVENILE.) RICHMOND, LEIGH. The African Widow. 8 small woodcuts in the text; 16 pages, 24mo; original stiff decorative wrappers; some early discoloration and toning. Contemporary owner's inscription, dated 1827. New York: American Tract Society, circa 1827
The Introduction to this little tract is signed 'L.R.' suggesting this as the possible first American edition of a tract by Leigh Richmond. While the Library Company's Afro-Americana 1553-1906 catalogue (#168) tentatively dates this at 1840, the 1827 gift inscription in this copy suggests a much earlier date.
