X RARE 🔥 In Memoriam FREDERICK DOUGLASS_SLAVE_ANTIQUE BOOK_BLACK AMERICANA_

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Title
:
- In Memoriam Frederick Douglass
author
:
- none stated
Published
:
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Pa, John C Yorston & Co
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1897, 1st
LARGE
size:
apx  10.25
"
by 8" w/
350
pages
binding:
- hardcover with gilt writing top edge gilt - rough cut edges bottom and side
book is a medium gray color- see last picture for true color
Frederick Douglass was an American runaway slave, social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
In his time, he was described by abolitionists as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens.
Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave.
Contents
-Preface-
A scarce memorial volume that "is a record of the spontaneous expression of grief and surprise evoked by the unexpected death of Frederick Douglass"
Collects Obsequies at both Washington, D.C. and Rochester, N.Y., including one by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (read by Susan B. Anthony), Tender words from loving hearts [ one from
Booker T. Washington],
preambles and resolutions, poems (including one by Paul Lawrence Dunbar) and sonnets, memorial service addresses and sermons, tributes from the press, reminiscences, and a 12-page biographical sketch.
Condition:
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. all of my books are VERY OLD and have 100+ years of wear to varying degrees
very good condition.... for its age:
boards -
very secure,
staining and discoloration - the staining on the spine continues onto the back apx 3" by 6"- I apologize, the lighting wasn't co-operating tonight
, 2 small dents to the back cover
textblock
- pages very secure /the frontis is taped from the back side -hard to tell if this one done by the binder, or later
outer joints
-  very good
spine ends
- good - curled / spine with stains & discoloration!
tips
- very good - tops ones a bit bumped
inner hinges
-  very good
pages
- generally very clean. a few small spots / end papers spotty
writing
- long inscription on the front paste down - To Dr Flick,.....
from Dr Mossell, xmas 1933
rips /folds
- none that I saw
other:
- gilt on cover still quite bright
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