The Epistle from the Yearly-Meeting in London, Held by Adjournments, from the 9th of the Sixth Month 1783, to the 16th of the same, inclusive. (Addresses Slavery and the Slave Trade)

(TUKE, William)

Published by [Philadelphia, 1783

About this Item

First American edition. Untrimmed folio (8.25" x 13"). pp. [1] 2-4. Signed in letterpress: "William Tuke." With a second variant letter under a shortened caption title addressed to "the next Yearly-Meeting to be held in Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, &c." A docket title is also printed on page four: "The London Epistles, For 1783." Three slight old horizontal folds, near fine. This *Epistle* addresses current events and the issue of slavery: "[The Friends] fervent labour for the restoration of the poor enslaved Africans to their due liberty; is still continued … as it is for the removal of an oppression supported by cruelty for the sake of a corrupt interest, in direct opposition to the spirit and precepts of the Gospel, and even repugnant to humanity." / "… the subject of the slave trade … was solidly before us, and a weighty concern was renewed among us to bear our testimony against a commerce attended with so much iniquity and cruelty …" A beautiful copy in fine condition. *ESTC* and *OCLC* together locate a total of only five copies. (*Bristol* B5708; *Shipton & Mooney* 44367; *ESTC* W34091).

Seller Inventory # 425820

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Epistle from the Yearly-Meeting in London, Held by Adjournments, from the 9th of the Sixth Month 1783, to the 16th of the same, inclusive. (Addresses Slavery and the Slave Trade)
• Publisher: [Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1783
• Binding: Unbound
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • African-Americana
  • Americana