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
A rare group of illustrated history magazines devoted to important figures and events in African American history. Published in the 1960s and 1970s, the series is designed to encourage young readers to “develop interest for further study” by employing a “a new approach to history.” The Golden Legacy series also hoped to “implant pride and self-esteem in Negro youth while dispelling myths in others.” Figures and subjects featured in the series include “Joseph Cinque and the Amistad Mutiny,” “The Saga of Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her People,” “The Life of Matthew Henson,” “Black Cowboys” and “Toussaint L’Overture and the Birth of Haiti.”
Description:
Copy 1.
Subject (Name):
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Topic):
African Americans --Biography --Periodicals and African Americans --History --Periodicals
A rare group of illustrated history magazines devoted to important figures and events in African American history. Published in the 1960s and 1970s, the series is designed to encourage young readers to “develop interest for further study” by employing a “a new approach to history.” The Golden Legacy series also hoped to “implant pride and self-esteem in Negro youth while dispelling myths in others.” Figures and subjects featured in the series include “Joseph Cinque and the Amistad Mutiny,” “The Saga of Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her People,” “The Life of Matthew Henson,” “Black Cowboys” and “Toussaint L’Overture and the Birth of Haiti.”
Description:
Copy 1.
Subject (Name):
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Subject (Topic):
African Americans --Biography --Periodicals and African Americans --History --Periodicals
An advertising sheet for a lecture by Sojourner Truth with blanks left for location and date of lecture as well as price of admission., Sojourner Truth was born ca. 1797 and died 26 Nov. 1883., and Testimonials from Wendell Phillips, Harriet B. Stowe, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglas [sic], Wm. Lloyd Garrison and four other people and also from six newspapers.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880, Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884, Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896, and Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883
