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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 The anti-slavery papers of James Russell Lowell. Vol 1

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.013.01 Author/Creator: Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1902 Pagination: Order a Copy

First edition. No. 141 of a Limited edition of 525 copies. Uncut and unopened. Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company.

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Poetry
Slavery
Literature and Language Arts
African American History
Abolition
Reform Movement
Transcendentalist
Progressive Era
Jim Crow and the Great Migration

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