1836 · New York
by [SLAVERY & ABOLITION] [WRIGHT, Elizur, ed.]
New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836. 12mo (19cm). Stitched self-wrappers; pp.[1]-12. Removed; light soil, scattered faint foxing; tear to bottom inch of bound edge (away from text); complete and Good. Woodcut decoration at head of text, illustrating the brief narrative, "History of the Slave, James," which occupies the first eight pages of this issue.
Single issue of this monthly abolitionist periodical that ran from 1835 to 1837, published by the American Anti-Slavery Society under the direction of Elizur Wright. It was "a small magazine with excellent woodcuts, containing, principally, extracts from other publications," that was "distributed freely without charge" and "found [its] way into the schools and colleges everywhere" (Dumond p.267). Wright stated that in September 1835, the Society published 25,000 copies of the Record (p.267). BLOCKSON 9174. LCP AFRO-AMERICANA 622. (Inventory #: 82918)
Single issue of this monthly abolitionist periodical that ran from 1835 to 1837, published by the American Anti-Slavery Society under the direction of Elizur Wright. It was "a small magazine with excellent woodcuts, containing, principally, extracts from other publications," that was "distributed freely without charge" and "found [its] way into the schools and colleges everywhere" (Dumond p.267). Wright stated that in September 1835, the Society published 25,000 copies of the Record (p.267). BLOCKSON 9174. LCP AFRO-AMERICANA 622. (Inventory #: 82918)
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