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Lot 87
[ABOLITION] Brougham 1st Ed. Anti-Slavery Pamphlet & Free Franked Envelope
Estimate: $500 - $750
Sold for
$300
Sold Price excludes BP
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| $300 | $50 |
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| $5,000 | $500 |
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. Opinions of Henry Brougham, Esq. on Negro Slavery. London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1826. 8vo. Contemporary marbled wrappers, half title laid down. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 8412.
WITH Free franked envelope fragment signed by Henry Brougham. Durham, [England], 22 September n.y. Addressed to Solicitor J. Davison in Penwith, [Cornwall].
An early anti-slavery pamphlet publishing the opinions of Henry Brougham. A passionate abolitionist, he would go on to be instrumental in the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which abolished slavery in the British Empire.
Tantalizingly, the title page bears a period ink inscription in Latin, in translation: "I am very afraid, which is most shameful lest I should seem to you to be a traitor."
VERY RARE, only two copies have sold at auction in the last 100 years. OCLC locates only 10 copies held in institutions.
[African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] [Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets, Books] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]
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