Cheever, George, Rev. [From the Library of Dio Lewis with signature]

The guilt of slavery and the crime of slaveholding

Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1860. xx, 472p. Original brown cloth over marbled boards. First edition. George Barrell Cheever (1807 ? 1890) was an abolitionist minister and writer. Contemporary ownership of the temperance leader and physical culture advocate Diocletian Lewis 'Dio' (1823-1886) with his signature on the title page. Spine cloth to front hinge separated but holding. Spots on the front and rear covers and headband a little worn. Page 128 partially loose. otherwise internally clean. Scarce. Item #2562

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