(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION LINCOLN ABRAHAM) POLLARD EA The Riva

Sale 2204 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 554

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800

CONFEDERATE VIEW OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) POLLARD, E.A. The Rival Administrations: Richmond and Washington, in December, 1863. 31 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, later stitching; printed on poor quality wartime paper. Richmond, 1864

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first and only printing. A rare wartime polemic on the two administrations, with a special chapter on the Emancipation Proclamation. "The famous 'emancipation proclamation' extended 'freedom' to the negro, merely to subject him to a worse fate, and transfer him from the peaceful service of the plantation to that of the military camp." Rare. Only one copy of this pamphlet has been at auction in the last twenty-five years. Crandall 2648; Howes P455.