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William Cowper poem: the abolition of the slave trade...
William Cowper poem: the abolition of the slave trade...
Item # 705982 GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES For The Country, Philadelphia, May 25, 1807 Page 3 has: "THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE" which is the timely reprinting of the William Cowper poem "The Morning Dream" (shown here issue simply as "A Dream").
Nice to have the printing of Cowper's poem so soon after the enactment of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. It would still be another quarter-century before slavery in the Britain Empire would be abolished.
Also a letter from Alexander Petion, the first President of Hayti, to the "men of color" from his country who were seeking asylum in the United States, signed: Petion. and another from President Thomas Jefferson to General Andrew Jackson, signed: Th. Jefferson.
Four pages, damp staining.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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