[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 2 Civil War-period imprints, incl. HARRIGAN, E. Cruel Slavery Days. Broadside songsheet. Philadelphia: Johnson, ca 1860s.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 2 Civil War-period imprints, incl. HARRIGAN, E. Cruel Slavery Days. Broadside songsheet. Philadelphia: Johnson, ca 1860s.
4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. printed songsheet (creased, toned, affixed to contemporary cardstock). BARNEY, J.A. Little Footsteps songsheet. Philadelphia: J.H. Johnson, n.d. affixed to cardstock verso.
Three verses with the chorus written in vernacular reminiscing about enslavement in Virginia.
[With:] Criticisms on the Surrender of Johnston's Army, with the "Memorandum" Thereon as Presented by the Executive. N.p., n.d. 8vo (spotting, soiling, chipping to extremities).
Pamplet provides a defense of General Sherman in his handling of the surrender of General Johnston at Bennett Place in Durham, NC.
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