New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1837.
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Hardcover. Magazine. Volume 2 only. 32mo. Contains 12 consecutive monthly issues: (Whole nos. 13-24). Richly illustrated with woodcuts by Alexander Anderson. With several leaves printed on colored paper (yellow, pink, and purple). Publisher’s original brown cloth with an embossed floral design, gilt spine. Early owner name in ink on front free endpaper. The cloth binding is rubbed and faded, scattered foxing to the endpapers, small stain on the title page, one contents leaf (Whole no. 14) has lower right corner torn away with some loss to the letterpress text, about very good. *The Slave’s Friend*, a cheap monthly designed to appeal to young children, was the collaborative effort of abolitionist Ransom G. Williams and noted American wood engraver Alexander Anderson. Each sixteen-page issue featured stories, poems, and songs emphasizing the cruelties of slavery. These small, fragile volumes seldom survived long, and are quite rare. A scarce survival.
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