Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Convention, Assembled to Organize a State Anti-Slavery Society at Harrisburg, On the 31st of Januar y and 1st, 2nd and 3d of February 1837. 97 pages. 8vo, disbound; scattered fox-ing; contemporary presentation at top

Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Convention, Assembled to Organize a State Anti-Slavery Society at Harrisburg, On the 31st of Januar y and 1st, 2nd and 3d of February 1837. 97 pages. 8vo, disbound; scattered fox-ing; contemporary presentation at top of title: "Presented to the Bristol Library by E. J. Garrigues." Philadelphia: Merrihew and Gunn, 1837 E250/350 FIRST EDITION. One of the most important steps in solidifying the anti-slavery movement was consolidating smaller societies into a large one statewide. At this Convention were luminaries James Forten, Lewis Tappan, and poet John Greenleaf Whittier (who contributed 5 original pieces printed here for the first time).