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Title

The Legion of liberty! : and force of truth, containing the thoughts, words, and deeds of some prominent apostles, champions and martyrs : illustrated with engravings.

Publication

[New York] : 1843. Sold at the office of the American A.S. Society, 143 Nassau-st. New-York, and at the offices of the other anti-slavery periodicals and depositories, [1843]

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Additional Authors

• Ames, Julius Rubens, 1801-1850.
• Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839.
• American Anti-Slavery Society, bookseller.

Description

[380] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., ports; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

Legion of liberty. Remonstrance of some free men, states, and presses, to the Texas rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations.

Subjects

• Texas > Annexation to the United States
• Slavery > United States > Controversial literature
• Insertions (Provenance)

Genre/Form

Insertions (Provenance)

Note

• Title vignette.
• The folded leaf of plates has illustrations on both sides.
• Signatures: [1]⁴ 2-32⁶.
• "This legion of liberty is a continuation of the pamphlets 'Liberty,' published within the last five years."--Advertisement, p. [9]-[13], signed: J.R.A. [i.e., Julius Rubens Ames].
• "The legion of liberty. Remonstrance of some free men, states, and presses, to the Texas rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations. Albany, 1843."--p. [205]-[380], has special title page.
• Two later editions were published at Albany in 1844 and 1845, under title: "The Anti-Texass [sic] legion. Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass [sic] rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations." The authorship is ascribed to Benjamin Lundy by Cushing. cf. Cushing, Anonyms, 1889, p. 37.

Indexed In (note)

• Checklist of American imprints

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-L (The Legion of liberty! and force of truth)

LCCN

34029288

OCLC

• 8716345
• NYPGR8716345-B

Title

The Legion of liberty! : and force of truth, containing the thoughts, words, and deeds of some prominent apostles, champions and martyrs : illustrated with engravings.

Imprint

[New York] : 1843. Sold at the office of the American A.S. Society, 143 Nassau-st. New-York, and at the offices of the other anti-slavery periodicals and depositories, [1843]

Edition

Second edition.

Indexed In:

Checklist of American imprints, 43-2977.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-L (accession no. B628591) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-L accompanied by a wood engraving of a Union soldier, with text "For what he was and all he dared, remember him to-day!" pasted to endleaf at end of volume; inscribed at foot of image "Lewis [Harsden?]" NN

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Added Author

Ames, Julius Rubens, 1801-1850.

Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839.

American Anti-Slavery Society, bookseller.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Added Title

Legion of liberty. Remonstrance of some free men, states, and presses, to the Texas rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-L (The Legion of liberty! and force of truth)