Buy this book on-line Thompson, George : A NARRATIVE OF...WORK, BURR AND THOMPSON WHO SUFFERED...IMPRISO NMENT IN MISSOURI PENITENTIARY FOR ATTEMPTING TO AID SOME SLAVES
Backstrip tape-repaired, lacks 1 page, otherwise Good Condition; 8vo; 377 pages; Thompson and the others were arrested in 1841 and imprisoned at Palmyra, MO (frontis illus) for helping slaves escape. He was later pardoned. Thompson had become enamored with the anti-slavery ideas of Theodore Weld while a student at Oberlin College in 1835. Not in Howes or Sabin. A nice abolitionist piece despite the flaws listed above (MX14-11) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thompson, George : A NARRATIVE OF...WORK, BURR AND THOMPSON WHO SUFFERED...IMPRISO NMENT IN MISSOURI PENITENTIARY FOR ATTEMPTING TO AID SOME SLAVES. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, out-of-print books, rare books, out of print books and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |