Research Catalog

Title

Slavery illustrated in its effects upon woman and domestic society.

Author

Bourne, George, 1780-1845

Publication

• Boston : Published by Isaac Knapp, 25 Cornhill, 1837.
• ©1837.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843
• Marden & Kimball, printer.

Description

[4], viii, [1], 10-127, [1] pages : illustrations; 18 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Slavery > United States
• Women > United States > Social conditions
• Slaves > United States > Social conditions
• Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects
• Women slaves > United States > Social conditions

Note

• Attributed to George Bourne in the 1972 reprint edition, in Halkett & Laing, and in the Checklist American imprints. A biographical sketch of George Bourne published in the Methodist quarterly review, 1882, includes a letter, written by William Lloyd Garrison in 1858, confirming Bourne's authorship. Attributed to "Miss Grimke" in the "Catalogue of anti-slavery publications of America" included on p. [157]-173 of Proceedings of the American Anti-Slavery Society, at its third decade, 1864.
• "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by Isaac Knapp, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "Marden & Kimball, printers, 3 School Street."--verso of title page.
• Dedicated "to all the members of female anti-slavery societies."
• Last page blank.

Indexed In (note)

• Checklist of American imprints
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

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

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-B (Bourne, G. Slavery illustrated)

LCCN

11006909

OCLC

4602726

Author

Bourne, George, 1780-1845, author.

Title

Slavery illustrated in its effects upon woman and domestic society.

Publisher

Boston : Published by Isaac Knapp, 25 Cornhill, 1837.

Manufacturer

©1837.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Checklist of American imprints, 43376

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 1416

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9461

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-B (copy 1) (accession no. B627524) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843, publisher.

Marden & Kimball, printer.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-B (Bourne, G. Slavery illustrated)