CLARKSON, Thomas (1760-1846). An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African. In Three Parts. Georgetown, K[Y]: J. N. Lytle for Rev. David Barrow, 1816.

18mo (104 x 169 mm). (Some staining, spotting, and minor marginal chipping.) Contemporary sheep (some wear, hinges starting). Provenance: Helen Love Van Rensselaer (signature).

Early Kentucky imprint of a rare anti-slavery tract.

[With:] BOURNE, George. Picture of Slavery in the United States of America. Middletown, CT: Edwin Hunt, 1834. 18mo (97 x 151 mm). (Some staining and light marginal chipping.) 11 black and white illustrations. Contemporary red cloth, printed paper spine label (some wear and staining, hinges starting). Thorough, illustrated revelation of the evils of enslavement.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.