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Title

Discussion on American slavery : between George Thompson, Esq., agent of the British and Foreign Society for the Abolition of Slavery Throughout the World, and Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge, delegate from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States to the Congregational Union of England and Wales : holden in the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw's chapel, Glasgow, Scotland, on the evenings of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th of June, 1836.

Author

Thompson, George, 1804-1878.

Publication

Boston : Published by Isaac Knapp, 46, Washington Street, 1836.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Breckinridge, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson), 1800-1871.
• Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.
• Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843

Description

80, 23, [1] p.; 23 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

Five nights' discussion on American slavery

Subjects

• Slavery > United States > Controversial literature > 1836
• Ink stamps (Provenance)

Genre/Form

Ink stamps (Provenance)

Note

• Notes discontinued after p. 21; cf. note at foot of p. 21: "(The remainder of Mr. Garrison's notes upon the discussion ... will probably be inserted in the Appendix, as he is too unwell, at the present time, to prepare them to be inserted page for page, in regular course.)
• Cover title, on paper label: Second American edition. Five nights' discussion on American slavery, between George Thompson, Esq. and Rev. R.J. Breckinridge of Baltimore, U.S., holden in Rev. Dr. Wardlaw's chapel, Glasgow, Scotland. Price 37 cts. single--30 cts. by the dozen.
• Text printed in two columns.
• Last page blank.
• "Public meeting in Glasgow with reference to the discussion," "Rev. R.J. Breckenridge's letter," "C. Stuart's remarks on R.J. Breckenridge's letter," and "Letter of Robert Bernard Hall," 23 p., 2nd count.

Indexed In (note)

• Checklist of American imprints
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-T (Thompson, G. Discussion on American slavery)

LCCN

11012650

OCLC

• 6033414
• NYPGR6033414-B

Author

Thompson, George, 1804-1878.

Title

Discussion on American slavery : between George Thompson, Esq., agent of the British and Foreign Society for the Abolition of Slavery Throughout the World, and Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge, delegate from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States to the Congregational Union of England and Wales : holden in the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw's chapel, Glasgow, Scotland, on the evenings of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th of June, 1836.

Imprint

Boston : Published by Isaac Knapp, 46, Washington Street, 1836.

Edition

Second American edition, with notes, by Mr. Garrison.

Indexed In:

Checklist of American imprints, 40524

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 10213

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-T (accession no. B881772) with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-T is from the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection.

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Added Author

Breckinridge, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson), 1800-1871.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.

Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Cover Title

Five nights' discussion on American slavery

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-T (Thompson, G. Discussion on American slavery)

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