Autographs for freedom / edited by Julia Griffiths.

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Description

Title
Autographs for freedom / edited by Julia Griffiths.
Creator
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Griffiths, Julia, d. 1895
Rochester Ladies' Anti-slavery Society
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Contributor
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Published / Created
1854
Publication Place
Auburn [N.Y]. : and Rochester :
Publisher
Alden, Beardsley & Co. ; and Wanzer, Beardsley & Co.,
Description
"In commending this, the second volume of "The autographs for freedom," ... "The Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society" would congratulate themselves and the friends of freedom generally on the progress made ... by the cause to which the book is devoted"--Preface. 'Second volume' probably refers to an 1853 publication of the same title, also edited under the auspices of The Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, but published by J.P. Jewett in Boston. The contents of each work are unique, although some of the authors are the same.
"On freedom" [poem] by R.W. Emerson, p. [235]-236; "A day ... at Playford Hall," by H.B. Stowe, p. [277]-303.
"Stereotyped by Thomas B. Smith, 216 William St., N.Y."--Title page verso.
A collection of signed articles, poems, etc., by men and women prominent in the anti-slavery movement. Most of the signatures are in facsimile.
Edited "on behalf of the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society"--P. vi.
Extent
309 p., [13] leaves of plates : 13 ill. ; 21 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Za Em34 854

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Engravings
Portraits
Subject (Name)
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Slavery--United States

Access And Usage Rights

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
1201636
Object ID (OID)
11873653

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