[Rarebooks] fa: ABOLITION - THE NORTH STAR : POETRY OF FREEDOM - 1840

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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[John Greenleaf Whittier, ed.] The North Star: The Poetry of Freedom,  
by Her Friends. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, No. 7 Carter's  
Alley, 1840. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover 16mo (15.5 x 9.5cm) in original  
glazed paper-covered boards, rebacked with modern cloth tape; page  
edges gilt; 117 + [1] pp.

Edited anonymously by the Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf  
Whittier, who, in addition to the prefatory note, contributed two  
poems (with a third commonly attributed to him). Other contributors  
include John Quincy Adams, Elizur Wright, Jr., William J. Allinson,  
William Tappan, Elizabeth H. Whittier, etc. A landmark in the  
abolitionist movement, especially as associated with the Society of  
Friends.