Lot 382

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. -- BAILEY, Gamaliel (1807-1859). Our...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. -- BAILEY, Gamaliel (1807-1859). Our Annual Letter. Washington, D.C.: Office of the National Era, 14 November 1850. Broadsheet (254 x 171 mm), old fold, small spot in margin. A rare abolition broadsheet, published by the proprietor and editor of The National Era. Bailey edited numerous anti-slavery newspapers, all of which were attacked by pro-slavery mobs. In 1847, he took over The National Era which had considerable circulation nationally. In 1851-52, it published Harriet Beecher Stowe?s novel, Uncle Tom?s Cabin, in serial form.