White slavery in the Barbary States. A lecture before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, Feb 17, 1847

by Charles Sumner

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Boston: William D. Ticknor and Company, 1847. First edition, 8vo, pp. 60; original terracotta wrappers; wrappers soiled, ex-Tufts library, with stamp and gift inscription on upper wrapper, text clean and sound. Sumner was an abolitionist senator who famously called out fellow senator Andrew Butler for his attempts to turn Kansas into a slave state, and was attacked and beaten by a family member as a result. Afro-Americana 10058; Sabin 93688, with an expanded

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