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| Title | The gospel of slavery: a primer of freedom (L) |
| Author | Thomas, Abel Charles, 1807-1880 |
| Publisher | Strong, Thomas W.
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| Publisher Location | United States--New York--New York |
| Publication Date | 1864 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
An antislavery alphabet book for children with illustrated verses that use slavery, abolitionist, and Christian terms to describe different aspects of slavery and abolitionist movement. At the bottom of each page is a discussion of the principles of each lesson.
"L stands for liberty." The verse and the discussion at the bottom of the page suggest that the Liberty Bell began to crack because the Declaration of Independence, and in particular the line that we are all created equal, was not upheld. As the verse states, "Created all equal" -- "Excepting the black."
The illustration depicts the Liberty Bell with a large crack running up the face of it. |
| Contextual Notes | Abel Charles Thomas was a Universalist evangelist, minister, journalist, and historian. Although he served the Universalist church in Philadelphia in two separate pastorates totaling nearly twenty-five years and there wrote two of the most celebrated pieces of nineteenth-century Universalist controversial literature, he is most remembered for his short pastorate in Lowell, Massachusetts, where, as one of the founders and editor of the literary magazine, the Lowell Offering, he was a mentor to aspiring writers amongst the young women working in the textile mills (John C. Morgan, Unitarian Universalist Historical Society).
Thomas was also active in Philadelphia antislavery work. Iron Gray was a pseudonym used by Thomas. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile poetry; Slavery -- United States -- Controversial literature |
| Category | Discrimination and bigotry
Alphabet books
History
Political works
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0984 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection T449.T45 1864 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [26] p.: illustrated; 17 x 12 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 20.2 |
