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The Trial of Theodore Parker, for the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall Against Kidnappying, etc,.
Published by Negro Univ. Press, NY, 1970
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Reprint. 221pp. Brown cloth binding. Ex-library copy, with bookplate, stamp on copyright page, pocket and discard stamp at back. Light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Trial of Theodore Parker, for the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall Against Kidnapping
Published by Boston, 1855
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. Bound Upside Down. Cover worn, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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The Trial of Theodore Parker, for the "Misdemeanor" of a speech in Faneuil Hall against kidnapping, Before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker,
Published by Published for the Author, Boston, 1855
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tall octavo. Pp. xx, 221 + [2] errata and ads. Parker was a fiery, progressive Unitarian minister, a Transcendentalist, and an Abolitionist. He advocated resistance to the Fugitive Slave Law, and was ready to defend with sword and pistol the fugitive slaves he sheltered in his home. His speech in Faneuil Hall was the pretext for his arrest and trial. He used the trial to speak at length against the immorality of slavery and kidnapping, using historical examples. This is the published speech from his trial. A near fine copy in brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Half-inch loss to cloth on spine; extremities worn.
