Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 407

Price Realized: $ 3,840
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(WEST INDIES--SLAVERY.) Injured Humanity; Being a Representation of What the Unhappy Children of Africa Endure From Those Who Call Themselves Christians. Letterpress broadside, 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, illustrated with wood engravings; reinforced on verso on center fold, minor edge wear, small worm hole in margin, very slight stabilized separation along left edge of fold. [New York]: Samuel Wood, circa 1805-08
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A catalogue of the horrors of West Indian slavery, with vignettes of various restraints and punishments. The main text is mostly adapted from an 1804 work by Thomas Branagan in support of an abolitionist boycott of West Indian goods, which in turn relied on abstracts from parliamentary testimony. The illustrations are generally credited to pioneering New York wood engraver Alexander Anderson. Princeton University places the publication date between 1805 and 1808 based on the printer's address.