History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue

by Jacob R. Shipherd, compl

$475 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1859. 8vo, printed gray wrappers. viii, 280 pp. CONDITION: Good, moderate stain to the front-cover, minor losses to head and foot of spine. An in-depth and exhaustive account of the actions and legal proceedings surrounding the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case of 1858, an important event in abolitionist history.On 13 September 1858, a federal marshal in Oberlin, Ohio

• Binding: Wrappers

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