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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) SIPKINS, HENRY.
An Oration on the
Abolition of the Slave Trade: Delivered in the African Church in the City of
New York, January 2, 1809, by Henry Sipkins, a Descendant of Africa.
Half-title,
21 pages. Small 8vo, removed.
New York: John C. Totten, 1809
[1,000/1,500]
A RARE PRINTING OF AN ORATION
delivered on the occasion of the first anniversary of the
1808 British ban on the African slave trade. In addition to the Oration, the order of the day
included a prayer, the reading of hymns, and singing. Thomas Commeraw led the singing and
reading of the hymns. American Imprints 18618. Not in the Blockson Collection, or
Schomburg.
A VERY RARE BROADSIDE
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—RUNAWAY SLAVE.)
Forty Dollars Reward.
Ranaway from the Subscribers, Near Frederick Town. . .Negro Harry. . . . Negro
Len.
Letterpress broadside, 9 x 7
1
⁄
4
inches; creases where folded; paper evenly toned; top
and bottom edges uneven; long manuscript note on reverse not directly connected with
the runaways. (WGC)
Frederick Town, [Maryland], 1802
[4,000/6,000]
AN EXCEPTIONALLY DETAILED AND EARLY RUNAWAY SLAVE BROADSIDE
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NO EXAMPLES
FOUND IN OCLC
.
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