Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 66

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--MASSACHUSETTS.) Senate No. 51. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (cover title). 19 pages. 8vo, original self-wrappers, sewn; slight tanning to top edge of the front wrapper. Boston, 1851
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A very important piece of legislation from the Massachusetts Senate, brought on by the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Contains "Resolves Concerning Slavery" (page 14) "Resolved, That Massachusetts protests against the Fugitive Slave Law as alien to the spirit of the Constitution." Pages 15-19 print "An Act In Addition to An Act to Further Protect Personal Liberty." Massachusetts, and Boston in particular, had always been a safe haven for refugees from Southern slavery. Three years later, in 1854 Boston would put into action the words on these pages when it defended Anthony Burns from the slave-catchers. Very scarce. OCLC locates only one copy.