Considerations on Keeping Negroes;
Recommended to the Professors of Christianity, of Every Denomination. Part Second.
- Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1762
Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1762. Full description:
WOOLMAN, John. Considerations on Keeping Negroes; Recommended to the Professors of Christianity, of Every Denomination. Part Second. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1762.
First edition of this second and only part of Woolman's essay on slavery printed by Benjamin Franklin. Part one was first printed in 1754, ano no copies of the first part have appeared on Rare Book Hub sine 1918. According to Jay Snider, Franklin never printed a part one and refers to it as a "ghost." Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 125 mm). 52 pp. Apparently the words "Part Second" on title-page have been rubbed off (perhaps because this is the first Franklin imprint), and a small book description has been pasted to back side of the page. With two separate section titles "Some account of the slave-trade, from the writings of persons who have been at the places where they are first purchased, viz." [pages 35-37] and "Extracts from a collection of voyages. Vol. I." [pages 38-52].
Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to calf, mainly along joints and edges. A small split to top of spine at joint. Small closed tear to final leaf of text, with no loss. Rear endpaper with a small stamp that reads "Duplicate released by H. S. P. 1964." Some minor foxing and toning throughout. Overall very good.
"John Woolman, a well known Quaker abolitionist, was born in 1720 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Woolman served as a minister of Burlington Monthly Meeting in West Jersey... Woolman felt that slaveholding was inconsistent with Christianity and spent his life travelling, observing and advocating against slavery. Woolman began to question and speak out against slavery while working as a scribe... In the year 1746 Woolman spent time travelling with Isaac Andrews through Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina observing slavery firsthand. He wrote his essay Some considerations on the keeping of Negroes protesting slavery on religious grounds. He held onto this essay for some years and in 1754 the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting approved its publication... (John Woolman. By Anne Moore Mueller, Drexel University).
"1754 was an important year in the development of Quaker stances against slavery. Most well known is the publication of John Woolman's first of two essays against slavery "Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes." This essay was first drafted in 1746, when Woolman was only 26. This was four years after Woolman first spoke in meeting and was the year of his first substantial ministerial journey; he traveled twice for a total of almost four months and 1,840 miles. Shortly before his death in 1750, Woolman's father encouraged him to present the essay to the Overseers of the Press, which he did in 1754. This essay was the widest distributed anti-slavery essay penned by a Friend to date." (1754. By Mark Kaharas, Swarthmore College).
ESTC W37537. Evans, 9314
HBS 69508.
$10,000.
WOOLMAN, John. Considerations on Keeping Negroes; Recommended to the Professors of Christianity, of Every Denomination. Part Second. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1762.
First edition of this second and only part of Woolman's essay on slavery printed by Benjamin Franklin. Part one was first printed in 1754, ano no copies of the first part have appeared on Rare Book Hub sine 1918. According to Jay Snider, Franklin never printed a part one and refers to it as a "ghost." Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 125 mm). 52 pp. Apparently the words "Part Second" on title-page have been rubbed off (perhaps because this is the first Franklin imprint), and a small book description has been pasted to back side of the page. With two separate section titles "Some account of the slave-trade, from the writings of persons who have been at the places where they are first purchased, viz." [pages 35-37] and "Extracts from a collection of voyages. Vol. I." [pages 38-52].
Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing to calf, mainly along joints and edges. A small split to top of spine at joint. Small closed tear to final leaf of text, with no loss. Rear endpaper with a small stamp that reads "Duplicate released by H. S. P. 1964." Some minor foxing and toning throughout. Overall very good.
"John Woolman, a well known Quaker abolitionist, was born in 1720 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Woolman served as a minister of Burlington Monthly Meeting in West Jersey... Woolman felt that slaveholding was inconsistent with Christianity and spent his life travelling, observing and advocating against slavery. Woolman began to question and speak out against slavery while working as a scribe... In the year 1746 Woolman spent time travelling with Isaac Andrews through Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina observing slavery firsthand. He wrote his essay Some considerations on the keeping of Negroes protesting slavery on religious grounds. He held onto this essay for some years and in 1754 the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting approved its publication... (John Woolman. By Anne Moore Mueller, Drexel University).
"1754 was an important year in the development of Quaker stances against slavery. Most well known is the publication of John Woolman's first of two essays against slavery "Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes." This essay was first drafted in 1746, when Woolman was only 26. This was four years after Woolman first spoke in meeting and was the year of his first substantial ministerial journey; he traveled twice for a total of almost four months and 1,840 miles. Shortly before his death in 1750, Woolman's father encouraged him to present the essay to the Overseers of the Press, which he did in 1754. This essay was the widest distributed anti-slavery essay penned by a Friend to date." (1754. By Mark Kaharas, Swarthmore College).
ESTC W37537. Evans, 9314
HBS 69508.
$10,000.
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Title
Considerations on Keeping Negroes;
Author
WOOLMAN, John
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Publisher
B. Franklin and D. Hall: Philadelphia
Date
1762