Lot 46
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Sixteenth Ward Republican Organization...Constitution. [New York]: N.p., 1856.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 - $500

Sold for $813

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Sixteenth Ward Republican Organization...Constitution. [New York]: N.p., 1856.

7 13 /16 x 12 1/8 in. broadside (minor creasing, small tear to lower left with tape repair to verso). 

The Constitution of a New York Republican club with an explicit anti-slavery stance as stated in Article I: "For the purpose of preventing the introduction of African Slavery into the national Territories of the United States..."

Collection of Tom Charles Huston
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