Zilversmit Arthur

The First Emancipation: the Abolition of Slavery in the North

Hardcover, Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. Second Printing. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. After describing slavery as it was practiced in the farms, workshops, and households of the North, the author chronicles the efforts made from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth, by individuals and groups, to end slavery in the northern states. Bump to head edge of spine. Rubbing to front cover, spine, and rear cover of dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected in archival plastic cover. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages. [Item #72007]

Price: $45.00