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1. Autographs for freedom / edited by Julia Griffiths.
- Creator:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Autographs for freedom / edited by Julia Griffiths.