[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 6 works related to American slavery, comprising:
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$600
Sold for $406
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Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 6 works related to American slavery, comprising:
BLAKE, William O. (1800-1880). The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern...The African Slave Trade and the Political History of Slavery in the United States. Columbus, OH: H. Miller, 1860. (Dampstain affecting early pages). Includes 8 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. printed handbill advertising the work. Original publisher's cloth gilt. Sabin 5800. -- GREELEY, Horace (1811-1872). The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion...Its Causes Incidents and Results...with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union. Hartford, CT and Chicago: O.D. Case & Company and Geo. & C.W. Sherwood, 1864-1866. 2 volumes. Modern tan library bindings. Sabin 28482. -- COFFIN, Levi (1798-1877). Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, The Reputed President of the Underground Railroad. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1880. Original publisher's green cloth. Second edition. Howes C-540. -- KEIFER, Joseph Warren (1836-1932). Slavery and Four Years of War: A Political History of Slavery in the United States. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. 2 volumes. Original publisher's dark blue cloth (Volume I rebacked). Provenance: Public Library of Duluth, MN (library stamps and markings). -- KITTLE, William. Freedom and Slavery. Madison, WI: State Journal Printing Co., 1900. Original publisher's green cloth. -- OLMSTED, Frederick Law (1822-1903). A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States in the Years 1854-1854 With Remarks on Their Economy. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. Original publisher's dark blue cloth. -- Together, 5 works in 9 volumes, all FIRST EDITION except where noted, 8vo, bindings as described, condition generally good.
Property from the Estate of Henry G. Lamont, Racine, Wisconsin
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