Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 Griffiths, Julia, d. 1895 Rochester Ladies' Anti-slavery Society Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Published / Created:
1854
Call Number:
Za Em34 854
Image Count:
1
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., and Edited "on behalf of the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society"--P. vi.
Publisher:
Alden, Beardsley & Co. ; and Wanzer, Beardsley & Co.,
Subject (Name):
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Topic):
Antislavery movements--United States and Slavery--United States
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, ill Dalziel Brothers, engraver Green, W. T., fl. 1837-1872, engraver Jackson, Mason, 1819-1903, engraver Measom, William, engraver Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Williams, Thomas, b. ca. 1800, engraver Willis, G. W., engraver
Published / Created:
1852
Call Number:
1997 784
Image Count:
4
Description:
"Notice of Mrs. Stowe and her family" (p. [xv]-xxii) largely based upon an article from Fraser's magazine, 1852, v. 46, p. 518-525 ("Some account of Mrs. Beecher Stowe and her family, by an Alabama ma")., Cruikshank's designs engraved on wood by Dalziel, W.T. Green, Mason Jackson, William Measom, Thomas Williams, and G.W. Willis., Originally issued in 13 parts in paper wrappers., Preface to the American edition -- Contents -- List of the illustrations -- Introduction -- Mrs. Stowe and her family -- Opinions of the press -- Results -- Uncle Tom's cabin., Publisher's advertisement: [1] p. at end., and With a wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author.
Publisher:
John Cassell,
Subject (Name):
Cassell, John--Publisher
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Fiction, Chron.--1852, Fugitive slaves--Fiction, Plantation life--Fiction, Slavery--Fiction, Southern States--Fiction, and Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)--Fiction
Baker, Smith & Andrew Bauer, Eug. (Eugene), illustrator Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874 Sampson Low, Son & Co Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Published / Created:
1853
Call Number:
2009 1819
Image Count:
160
Alternative Title:
Life among the lowly and Uncle Tom’s cabin
Description:
Pen and ink, watercolor and woodcut illustrations throughout, some extending into margins and text. and Watercolors by Eugene Bauer.
Publisher:
Sampson Low, Son and Company
Subject (Topic):
African Americans --Southern States --Fiction, Plantation life --Southern States --Fiction, Slavery --Southern States --Fiction, Slavery --United States --Fiction, and Slaves --Southern States --Fiction
