Details

Subject(s)

• Slavery—Juvenile poetry [Browse]
• African Americans—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Black people in literature—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• Antislavery movements—19th century [Browse]

Engraver

Sears, Matthew Urlwin, approximately 1800- [Browse]

Publisher

Anti-slavery Society (Great Britain) [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Inscriptions [Browse]

Summary note

Alphabet rhymes for each alphabet letter, set below large printed letters (both capitals and lower-case), for instance: "A is an Abolitionist- / A man who wants to free / The wretched slave--and give to all / An equal liberty."

Notes

• Verse preface on page [3]: "To our little readers," beginning: "Listen children, all, / Listen to our earnest call."
• Illustrations: Wood-engraved title-page vignette depicting a slave sale, inscribed "Sears, sc." and on verso, depicting a slave telling a seated white man and woman: "For indeed I was stolen out of the land."
• Cotsen copy: Illegible name inscribed at head of title page.

Binding note

Publisher's plain tan wrappers.

Place name(s)

Northern Ireland Belfast

Other title(s)

Antislavery alphabet

OCLC

890267660

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