The Slave's Friend

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Volume II, Number VI of The Slave's Friend, a periodical for primary school children written by abolitionist Ransom G. Williams, published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, and featuring woodcut illustrations on the front and back cover, as well as one interior woodcut by Alexander Anderson. The periodical features black printed text on a green cover; there is some discoloration on the top left portion of the front cover. The cover illustration features a vignette of three children reading a book, below a single eye. On either side of the children are statues, one representing freedom and standing atop the Declaration of Independence, and the other representing Justice and standing atop the Bible. At the bottom is the text [FOR SALE AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE / Corner of Nassau and Spruce sts., New-York.].

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