first edition
1832 · Hartford
by Grimke, Thomas S.
Hartford: printed by George F. Olmstead, 1832. First edition, 8vo, pp. 56; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. A radical address by the South Carolinian, in which he disputes advocates of peace who admitted a Scriptural authority for the legality of war. With a pencil inscription (cropped) from Samuel J. May, Brooklyn, Conn. to [Rev.] J. W. Hoskins. May was a disciple of Noah Worcester and the organizer of the Windham Peace Society. Shortly after this publication, he would act in concert with William Lloyd Garrison in support of his Connecticut neighbor, Prudence Crandall, the Quaker abolitionist who opened one of the first schools for African American girls in America. Grimke was from a distinguished South Carolina family, and was as radical as any northern abolitionist and Jacksonian reformer. He was allegedly "much beloved, even by those who did not agree with his ideas" (CAB). American Imprints 12746. (Inventory #: 55438)