An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans

Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 1833. About very good.. [6],232pp. Lacks frontispiece. 12mo. Contemporary green publisher's cloth, printed paper label on spine. Light soiling and discoloration to spine, head and foot lightly chipped, rubbed. Corners bumped. Contemporary ownership inscription on front endpapers. Light foxing. A notable work by suffragist and abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, being the first abolitionist work published in book form in the United States. Child (1802-1880) was an advocate for women's rights, the rights of Native Americans, and of African Americans, as presented here. The work discusses the history of the institution and urges the immediate emancipation of slaves in the country. She argues that Africans are neither intellectually or morally inferior to whites, and that any such perception is a clear prejudice. The present copy lacks the frontispiece, but is otherwise a nice example in unsophisticated condition. (Inventory #: 6007)