American Slavery as It Is Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society 1839 by Theodore Dwight Weld

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Weld, Theodore Dwight (1803-1895). American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. New York: Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, Office, No 143 Nassau Street, 1839. [i-vii; 8-224pages]. First edition. Lacks wrapper, front fly-leaf. Old de-accession from “Library of the University of California.” Pencil check marks throughout and annotations on the last page with an old library stamp. 22.5 cm. Disbound. A rare surviving complete copy of a seminal American pamphlet, which inspired many people to the anti-slavery movement, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, with a full subject index.

 

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