Title
A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery in the United States with Reflections on the Practicability of Restoring the Moral Rights of the Slave, Without Impairing the Legal Privileges of the Possessor
Subtitle
And A Project of a Colonial Asylum for Free Persons of Colour: Including Memoirs of Facts on the Interior Traffic in Slaves and on Kidnapping
"In November 1815, Ann Williams and her daughters were torn from their family and sold to Georgia slave traders. In desperation, Williams jumped out a third story window. Jesse Torrey, a physician visiting Washington, hearing her story, sought to interview her. He found her in bed with a broken back and broken arm. Her daughters had been taken south to be sold. Torrey subsequently published this account along with other narratives that he chronicled. In 1816 Williams' suicide attempt prompted a Congressional inquiry into interstate slave trade." (Duke University Libraries) This book has 5 woodcut engravings. The inscription on the flyleaf page reads "John T. Schryvers's Book Rhinebeck/May 5, 1819". John T. Schryver was the first president of the Board of Trustees of the incorporated Village of Rhinebeck, NY in 1834. The inside cover bears a bookplate which reads "Lawrence Public Library/White Fund".
Publisher
Jesse Torrey: Philadelphia
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Rights
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