Oration on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Delivered in the African Church, in The City of New-York, January 1, 1808 by Peter Williams (New York 1808 Edition, printed by Samuel Wood) (Q7458)
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New York 1808 Edition, printed by Samuel Wood
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| English | Oration on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; Delivered in the African Church, in The City of New-York, January 1, 1808 by Peter Williams (New York 1808 Edition, printed by Samuel Wood) |
New York 1808 Edition, printed by Samuel Wood |
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AN | ORATION | ON | THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE; DELIVERED | IN | THE AFRICAN CHURCH, | IN | THE CITY OF NEW YORK, | JANUARY 1, 1808. | [LINE] "Ethiopia shall soon stretch forth her hands unto God." | Psalm lvxiii. 31. | "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light." | Isaiah ix. 2. | [line] BY PETER WILLIAMS, JUN. |
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A DESCENDANT OF AFRICA. | [LINE] NEW UORK: | PRINTED BY SAMUEL WOOD. | NO. 362. PEARL-STREET. | [dotted-dash line] | 1808.
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District of | New-York [bracket] ss. | BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eleventh day of | January, in the thirty-second year of the Independence | of the United States of America, PETER WILLIAMS, JUN. of the said | District, hath deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the right | whereof he claims as Author, in the words and figures following, to | wit: [...]
title page verso
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[line] TO | PETER WILLIAMS, JUN. | [ornamental line] | THE Committee of arrangements are so well satisfied | with the Oration on the Abolition of the Slave Trade. | that they apprehend a usefulness will arise from its publication. We therefore request a Copy may be | furnished for that purpose. | [...]
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[ornamental line] TO | THE DIFFERENT SOCIETIES, | FOR | THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, | THIS ORATION | IS HUMBLY INSCRIBED, | AS A TRIBUTE OF SINCERE GRATITUDE, | FOR THEIR | ASSIDUOUS, ENERGETIC, AND BENEVOLENT | EXERTIONS, | IN | THE CAUSE | OF | INJURED HUMANITY. [ornamental line]
handwritten vertical line scribbled on left
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"This is to certify, all whom it may concern, that the Oration on the Abolition"...
16 January 1808Gregorian
page 27
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"To whom it may concern: These presents are to certify, that the "Oration [...]
16 January 1808Gregorian
page 27
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"From my knowledge of PETER WILLIAMS, Jun. (A descen-dant of the African race) and of several of his essays [...]"
18 January 1808Gregorian
page 28
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"PETER WILLIAMS, jun, a young man of the African race, having delivered on the first of this month, [...]"
18 January 1808Gregorian
page 28
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[11], 12-26,[2] pages
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