Autographs for freedom / edited by Julia Griffiths.Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882Griffiths, Julia, d. 1895Rochester Ladies' Anti-slavery SocietyStowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-18961854"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.still image