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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) (BOURNE, GEORGE.) Picture of Slavery in the United States of America.
WITH ELEVEN FINE ENGRAVINGS (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) (BOURNE, GEORGE.) Picture of Slavery in the United States of America. 11 wood engravings. 227 pages. 12mo, original floral patterned blind-stamped cloth with printed paper spine label; some foxing to both text and plates, but overall a tight, clean copy. Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838
- Notes: first edition. Notable for its illustrations, Bourne''s "Picture" is a grim one, depicting slaves in numerous situations of humiliation and torture. What is also important are Bourne''s captions: "Selling Females by the pound," "Family Amalgamation among the Men-stealers," "Flogging American Women," "Ladies Whipping Girls," and "Tanning a Boy," among the more unusual.
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