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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NEW YORK STATE.)
Group of seventeen
(17) Senate and Assembly documents regarding slavery in the State of New
York.
Small folio broadsides, some one page, others two to four pages.
SHOULD BE SEEN
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New York, 1844-1860
[1,000/1,500]
A RARE AND IMPORTANT GROUP OF BILLS
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and resolutions regarding the Dred Scott case,
the fugitive slave act and the issue of slavery in general. Sixteen are basically anti-slavery, while
one, from March 12, 1844 is a pro-slavery bill brought before the Assembly, to the effect that
Congress shall have no power under the Constitution to dictate whether or not a state shall by
slave or free. The present group of acts and resolutions address some of the most significant legal
issues regarding slavery as it was officially treated by New York State.
IN MANY CASES
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ONLY
ONE OR TWO COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE RECORDED BY OCLC
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ONE OF SIX KNOWN COPES
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) PAUL, SUSAN.
Memoir of James Jackson,
the Attentive and Obedient Scholar, who died in Boston October 31st 1833
aged Six Years, Eleven Months.
88 pages, 12mo, original polished calf-backed orange
paper-covered boards with paper label up the spine; extremities rubbed; chips from head
and heel of spine; some foxing throughout; lacks the front free end-paper.
Boston: Loring, 1835
[4,000/6,000]
THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN
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Susan Paul (1809-
1841) came from an activist family. Her father, Thomas Paul was a Baptist minister and an
active member of the New England Anti-Slavery Society. Thus young Susan was introduced to
a circle of dedicated activists that included David Walker and Lydia Maria Child. Paul became
a teacher and organized the Juvenile Choir of Boston composed of her African American stu-
dents, ages 3 to 10. That she was so moved by the death of one of these little children to write
a memoir of his short life is, in itself a testament to her humanity. Written in a form geared to
appeal to the simple logic of children, the Memoir is really a teaching tool. She recounts the
short life of James Jackson, addressing issues of color and prejudice through stories and parables.
Not in the Blockson Collection nor the Schomburg; not cited in Dumond.
NO COPY OF THIS
BOOK HAS APPEARED AT AUCTION IN THE LAST
25
YEARS
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