"THE LEADING CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR FOR GARRISON AND THE RADICAL ABOLITIONISTS"
BOWDITCH, William I. Slavery and the Constitution. Boston, 1849.
First edition of abolitionist attorney Bowditch's incendiary 1849 work declaring the Constitution a proslavery document, defiantly announcing—"we are a nation of slaveholders"—a crucial work in the highly public dispute that split apart Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. $2100.
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SIGNED BY TONI MORRISON
MORRISON, Toni. Beloved. New York, 1987.
First edition of Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning story of escaped slave Sethe and her relationship with a "disturbing, mesmerizing intruder who calls herself Beloved," signed on the title page by the author. $1700.
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"MEDGAR'S DEATH MADE ONE POINTCLEAR… I HAD TO CHANGE MISSISSIPPI"
(MEDGAR EVERS) EVERS, Charles. Evers. New York and Cleveland, 1971.
First edition of Charles Evers' complicated memoir of his brother, his explosive rage at Medgar Ever's murder, and his own resolve to continue his brother's work, noting—"racists can’t kill all of us who believe in freedom"—inscribed by him on the title page, "Thanks for reading my book, Charles Evers, Mayor, Fayette, Miss. 4-5-89." $1250.
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