CIRCULAR. | [short rule] | Philadelphia, 1835. | The great question of Negro Slavery is forcing itself upon the attention of the citizens of our whole country with an influence and power almost irresistible…, Philadelphia, 1835. folio broadside printed on both sides and signed near bottom of second page, "No member of the Abolition or Colonization Societies, but a friend to EQUAL JUSTICE." Printed on a half-sheet of unmarked wove paper measuring 31.5 x 20.0 inches. Formerly folded horizontally into fourths, with minor loss to letters along one fold and marginal chipping at extremities (a few old tissue repairs); recto slightly dust soiled, top half of verso very much so. Asserting that "every reasonable plan for the extinction of negro slavery, and for the moral and civil improvement of the race, demands a calm and dispassionate consideration," the anonymous "Friend to Equal Justice" proposes the creation of a $ 250, 000, 000 public debt to fund the purchase and liberation of every enslaved African-American. The Circular discusses the effect this amount of capital, given to compensated slave-owners, would have on Southern states' economies. It also discusses, in (to us) wholly unexpected ways, the effect freedom would have on formerly enslaved men and women, their rate of increase compared with European-Americans, their behavior to each other, etc. Rare. Unlisted in American Imprints, not in Blockson, not in Afro-Americana. Price: USD 2,500.00 other currencies   order no. 45    inquire

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