[N.p., probably London. 1791]. Aquatint portrait, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. Near fine. Thomas Mauduit du Plessis (1752-91), veteran officer of the American Revolution, was sent to Haiti in 1787 and put in command of a regiment in Port au Prince. He vehemently opposed the French Revolution and emancipation.....
![L'ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE DE LA PARTIE FRANÇOISE DE SAINT- DOMINGUE AUX FRANÇOIS [caption title]....](/images/noimage.png)
Brest. 1790. 15pp. Modern marbled boards, leather label. A fine copy. An important tract issued by Saint Domingue's General Assembly seeking aid and protection from its erstwhile rival, the National Assembly. Reflects the evolving disagreements among white inhabitants and the general state of affairs in Saint Domingue and states the.....
Port-au-Prince: Chez Bourdon, 1790. 8pp. Quarto. One folded gathering. Small patch of dampstaining at top margin, light dust soiling. Very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. In sixteen articles, Count Peinier, Governor General of Saint Domingue, and the Intendant Vincent-René de Proisy, provide for the inspection of ships passing through the.....
Paris. 1789. 56,36pp. plus folding chart. Modern marbled boards, leather label. A fine copy. In March 1789, Saint Domingue's governor, Du Chilleau, opened all ports to foreign traders to allow desperately needed grain into his country. Herein is the report which describes the impending state of famine in Saint Domingue.....
[Paris. 1790]. 74pp. Modern three-quarter calf and boards. Repaired paper loss in titlepage approximately 1 1/2 inches in diameter, affecting first three letters of title. Light soiling on titlepage and second leaf; very minor foxing. Good. Untrimmed, several signatures unopened. "A partisan account of the disturbances at Port-au-Prince and Saint.....
Cap Français, [Saint Domingue]: Chez Batillot jeune, et Compagnie, [1792]. 3pp., printed on a folded folio sheet. Quarto. Two small chips to first leaf, scattered very light foxing. Near fine. Untrimmed. A letter dated Jan. 8, 1792, from the French commissioners in Saint Domingue to the Provincial Assembly of the.....
Cap Français [Saint Domingue]: Chez Batillot Jeune et Comp. [ 1791]. 10pp., gathered in loose sheets. Quarto. Very light scattered foxing. Near fine. Untrimmed. Dated December 21, 1791, this letter responds to one from December 8, sent by the administrating council of the rebel army, and inveighs against a rebel.....
[Cap Français, Saint Domingue. 1792]. [4]pp., printed on a folded folio sheet. Quarto. Light dust soiling around edges. Near fine. Untrimmed. Two letters, both dated Jan. 8, 1792, from the French comissioners in charge of resolving the insurrection in Saint Domingue. The first addresses three parishes in the south and.....
Versailles. 1789. 55pp. Modern morocco backed boards, gilt. A fine copy. An important document outlining the events leading up to the revolution in Saint Domingue. Because of the French crop failure of 1788-89, the central concern of the Saint Domingue colonial government in 1789 was finding an alternative source of.....
Paris. 1790. 101pp. Modern morocco backed marbled boards. A fine copy. A central report in the discussion surrounding revolutionary activity in Saint Domingue, which tacitly vows to respect the racist colonial social system. "The Decree of October 12, 1790...contained a very important declaration of [the National Assembly's] general intentions toward.....
[Paris]. 1791. 31pp. Stitched as issued. Frayed at edges, tanned. Very good. In a modern marbled folding box. A letter addressed to the Colonial Committee regarding what the author sees as a contradiction between the National Assembly's famous Decree of March 8, 1790, and the instructions of March 28. A......
Port-au-Prince: de l'Imprimerie de Mozard, Nov. 12, 1790. 4pp. Single folded sheet. One pencil underlining, else fine. Untrimmed. A rare imprint related to a skirmish which precipitated the beginning of the Haitian Revolution. Philibert- François Rouxel de Blanchelande, French general and governor of Saint Domingue from the end of 1790.....
[Paris. 1797]. 10pp. Stitched as issued. Foredge frayed and chipped. A good copy. In modern marbled slipcase. An important document proposing the return of the deported San Domingo colonists to other parts of America, including North America and other "neutral countries." Refers to the atrocities committed by the notorious commissioner.....
Houston, Tx. 1929. 167pp. plus one photographic plate. Original printed yellow wrappers. Minor soiling, scuffing, and edge wear to wrappers. Internally clean. Very good condition. A Texas novel by an African-American author named Tom Sanders. In his groundbreaking bibliography, A CENTURY OF FICTION BY AMERICAN NEGROES, 1853-1952, Maxwell Whiteman includes.....
Utica. 1836. 18pp. Dbd. Lightly foxed. Very good. Sermon by Rev. Amos Savage, a member of the American Anti- slavery Society. Among those national sins referred to in the title of the sermon are an overweening national pride, licensing grog shops, desecration of the Sabbath, and slavery. "We mention last.....
Atlanta, Ga. 1883. 80pp. Modern cloth, leather label. Old fold, tanned, else very good. Discusses views of the South and slavery.
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1890. Color lithograph, image size: 18 1/2 x 25 inches. Sheet size: 22 x 28 1/4 inches. Matted to an overall size of 25 x 31 inches. Some moderate chipping and edge tears, not affecting image. Reinforced with older tape along top edge. Lightly toned, though.....
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[New York: The Daily Worker, September 1948]. 14,[2]pp., including illustrations. Original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Mild toning and wear, light creasing. Small closed tear in bottom edge of final leaf. Very good. A scarce account of the events surrounding the death of William Milton, described as "a useful, hard-working, law-abiding citizen...a......
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1795. Two volumes bound in one. 168pp. plus folding map; 24pp. Original paper wrappers. Front wrapper chipped, light wear, age toning and soiling. Contemporary ownership markings on front fly leaf. Map loosely inserted, repaired at some folds. Still, about very good, in unsophisticated condition. In a half.....
New York: Printed by Ludwig & Tolefree, 1830. 151pp. Illus. Frontis. Original cloth backed boards, remnant of paper label. Extremities worn. Scattered foxing. Still very good, untrimmed. Early American crime reporting presented in the form of humorous dialogues between the perpetrators and the questioning officer or justice. Includes accounts of.....
[Montpelier? 1856]. 19pp. Self-wrappers. Upper edge gnawed and stained, else good. This report, from a committee of the Vermont House of Representatives, was made in response to events in Kansas resulting from the introduction of slavery into that territory. According to the report, Vermonters in Kansas had been harassed and.....
Philadelphia. 1826. 40pp. Original tan wrappers. Wraps a bit creased, spine slightly chipped. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Text a bit tanned. very good. A call for the abolition of the slave trade, with sections regarding the involvement of a number of foreign countries in the trade. This copy belonged.....
Washington. 1831. xxv,[1],35,[7]pp., plus one folding map. Original cream printed wrappers. Minor chipping to head and foot of spine. Contemporary ownership inscription on front cover. Titlepage foxed, light tanning to some leaves, else clean and bright. Very good. Untrimmed. The Society attempted to alleviate the problem of slavery and degradation.....
[New York]: Samuel Wood, [n.d., ca. 1805-1808]. Broadside, 16 1/2 x 13 inches, with main text printed in two center columns, flanked on both sides by seven woodcut illustrations with descriptive text. The entire broadside surrounded by an ornamental border. Old folds, minor chipping to edges, short repaired tears, small.....
[N.p., but Germany. n.d. but ca. 1840]. 16pp. Stitched, as issued. Very light dampstaining at top edge. Very good. In German. An imaginary dialogue between a slaveholder and a missionary in Georgia. They debate the rights and wrongs of slavery, with the slaveholder gradually crumbling before biblical evidence. A most.....
