Immediate, Not Gradual Abolition; or, An Inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian Slavery
Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, 1824.
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First American edition ("London: Printed 1824. Philadelphia: Re-printed by Joseph Rakestraw, 1824"). Octavo 5.5” x 8.75”). Stitched. Pp. [1-3] 4-24. A few early stains and light scattered foxing, very good. Written by Elizabeth Heyrick (1769-1831), now regarded as one of the most influential Quaker abolitionists of the time. Her 1824 tract on the abolition of British colonial slavery is regarded as the first to call for an immediate end to human slavery. Very scarce. *OCLC* locates only one copy.
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