Cut signature of Wendell Phillips. [Boston?], n.d.  5 1/2 x 2 3/5 in. Excised from American Anti-Slavery Society printed document. 

MOUNTED WITH Lithograph bust-length portrait of Phillips with facsimile signature. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inch lithograph printing. 

Wendell Phillips (1811 - 1884) was a renowned American abolitionist, labor reformer, and Native American activist. After bearing witness to the attempted lynching of the editor of the prominent abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Phillips quit his law practice in Boston, dedicating himself to the cause of abolition. Frequently delivering speeches on behalf of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Phillips's abilities in oration earned him the nickname of "abolition's golden trumpet." He remained an impressive and influential figure of abolition, women's suffrage, and many other causes focused on principles of liberty and equality. After the Civil War, Phillips continued his efforts, promoting and critiquing efforts made relating to reconstruction.

This fine lithograph portrait of Phillips is accompanied a clipped signature from a document of the Executive Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society. It includes signatures of the founding recording secretary, Wendell Phillips himself, and treasurer Francis Jackson. 

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