WELD, THEODORE

American Slavery as it is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses. Tall 8vo, facsimile wrappers; minor dampstaining to first few leaves. New York, 1839 FIRST EDITION of what has been termed the greatest of the anti-slavery pamphlets and the most crushing indictment of the institution ever written. Weld's collection consists of a thousand anecdotal pieces from both slaves and eye-witnesses regarding excessive cruelty to slaves. Library Company, Negro History 88; Blockson Collection 9148; Hampton catalogue 1564.