A Slavery Narrative, Aunt Sally Or The Cross, The Way Of Freedom - May 01, 2024 | Doyle New York In Ny
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A slavery narrative, Aunt Sally or the Cross, the Way of Freedom
A slavery narrative, Aunt Sally or the Cross, the Way of Freedom
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[WILLIAMS, SALLY]. Aunt Sally or the Cross, the Way of Freedom. A narrative of the slave life and purchase of the mother of Rev. Isaac Williams, of Detroit, Michigan. Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858. Inscribed by an early owner "T.N. Haskell Bought of Aunt Sally, 1858." First edition. Publisher's brown cloth, covers stamped with a geometrical design in blind, orange endpapers. 5 3/4 x 3 3 3/4 inches (14.5 x 9.5 cm); vi, 216 pp., [8] pp. ads; frontispiece portratit of Aunt Sally and a second portrait of the Reverend Williams. Light binding wear, one signature a trifle overopened but generally a clean copy.

A significant abolitionist tract and a slave narrative of note, this little book was intended for a juvenile audience.

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A slavery narrative, Aunt Sally or the Cross, the Way of Freedom

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