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Jul 9, 2026
[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. [ANTI-SLAVERY]. PARKER, Theodore (1810-1860). Sammelband of 14 Pamphlets Against Slavery. Boston: [various publishers, 1850-1859]. 8vos (a few small 8vos). Nearly all pamphlets bound with original wrappers. 40; 38; 24; 72; 72; 76; 32; 56; 93; 40; 21; 44; 14; 19 pp. Typed contents sheet tipped-in at front. Bound together in modern library binding of full brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. FIRST EDITIONS.
Cloth spine toned and with library shelf number, some rubbing, soiling to binding, text and wrappers generally toned, soiled, some wear, chipping, occasional ownership marking to wrappers. Bookplate of the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry on the fp. Hinges reinforced. Generally very good.
Parker was a prominent abolitionist and Transcendalist Unitarian Minister, writing extensively against slavery. His sermons and speeches would inspire later speakers, including Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Titles include: The Function and Place of Conscience, The State of the Nation, A Sermon of Slavery, The Boston Kidnapping, The Nebraska Question, The New Crime Against Humanity, The Laws of God and the Statutes of Men, Sermon on the Dangers Which Threaten the Rights of Men in America, The Great Battle Between Slavery and Freedom, A New Lesson for the Day, The Present Aspect of Slavery in America, The Relation of Slavery to a Republican Form of Government, The Effect of Slavery on the American People, John Brown's Expedition Reviewed in a Letter... to Francis Jackson.
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