Rare first edition of the correspondence of J. G. Birney, originally a slave-owner from Danville, Kentucky. Originally a convert to the idea of colonization, like many he, over time, became opposed to the idea and supported emancipation, etc., By 1840, he was the Presidential candidate for the Liberty Party and editor of the abolitionist periodical, The Philanthropist.
An important primary resource.
Birney, James Gillespie. The American Historical Association: Letters of James Gillespie Birney 1831-1857 Edited by Dwight L. Dumond Associate Professor of History University of Michigan. Volume I-II. New York. D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated. 1938. 1189pp.
A good + copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with generally bright pages.
