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Additional authors

1. Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
2. Marden & Kimball, printer.

Description

1. [4], viii, [1], 10-127, [1] pages : illustrations; 18 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Slavery > United States
2. Women > United States > Social conditions
3. Slaves > United States > Social conditions
4. Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects
5. Women slaves > United States > Social conditions

Call number

1. Sc Rare 326.4-B (Bourne, G. Slavery illustrated)

Note

1. Attributed to George Bourne in the 1972 reprint edition, in Halkett & Laing, and in the Checklist American imprints. A biographical sketch of George Bourne published in the Methodist quarterly review, 1882, includes a letter, written by William Lloyd Garrison in 1858, confirming Bourne's authorship. Attributed to "Miss Grimke" in the "Catalogue of anti-slavery publications of America" included on p. [157]-173 of Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at its third decade, 1864.
2. "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by Isaac Knapp, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
3. "Marden & Kimball, printers, 3 School Street."--verso of title page.
4. Dedicated "to all the members of female anti-slavery societies."
5. Last page blank.

Indexed in (note)

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

Provenance (note)

1. is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Author

1. Bourne, George, 1780-1845, author.

Title

1. Slavery illustrated in its effects upon woman and domestic society.

Publisher

1. Boston : Published by Isaac Knapp, 25 Cornhill, 1837.

Manufacturer

1. ©1837.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. Checklist of American imprints, 43376
2. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1416
3. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9461

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-B (copy 1) (accession no. B627524) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added author

1. Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843, publisher.
2. Marden & Kimball, printer.
3. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

LCCN

1. 11006909

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 326.4-B (Bourne, G. Slavery illustrated)