SUBSTANCE OF AN ADDRESS TO THE LADIES OF GLASGOW AND ITS VICINITY UPON THE PRESENT ASPECT OF THE GREAT QUESTION OF NEGRO EMANCIPATION, DELIVERED IN MR ANDERSON'S CHAPEL, JOHN-ST., GLASGOW, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 1833. BY GEORGE THOMPSON. ALSO, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE GLASGOW LADIES' ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION

[Glasgow Ladies' Anti-Slavery Association] Thompson, George

Published by David Robertson., Glasgow, 1833

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42pp. Stitched. Top edge uncut. Minor spotting. Very Good. This is Thompson's "lecture in favour of the immediate abolition of slavery in the West Indian colonies. The assembly was one of the most interesting we recollect to have seen. Not fewer than 1,800 females composing the elite of the beauty and fashion of Glasgow, were present, with only here and there a sprinkling of males. . ." A three-part Appendix includes an article from the Glasgow Chronicle. It reports on the "Formation of a Ladies' Association in Glasgow, the Immediate and Total Extinction of Slavery throughout the British dominions." LCP Supp. 2275. Ragatz 559. Sabin 95505. OCLC 316500673 [2- NYHS, Nat. Lib. Scotland], 181870367 [2- U Glasgow, Oxford] as of September 2025. Not in Work, Dumond.

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• Title: SUBSTANCE OF AN ADDRESS TO THE LADIES OF GLASGOW AND ITS VICINITY UPON THE PRESENT ASPECT OF THE GREAT QUESTION OF NEGRO EMANCIPATION, DELIVERED IN MR ANDERSON'S CHAPEL, JOHN-ST., GLASGOW, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 1833. BY GEORGE THOMPSON. ALSO, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE GLASGOW LADIES' ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION
• Publisher: David Robertson., Glasgow
• Publication Date: 1833
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