Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the negroes of the British West Indies

GLC05766

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GLC#
GLC05766
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1844
Author/Creator
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
Title
An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the negroes of the British West Indies
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
34 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Speech by Emerson attacking slavery, one of his earliest statements in support of abolition. First edition. Published by James Munroe and Company.

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