Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention,PA,1833

Title: Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention. Assembled in Philadelphia, December 4, 1833
Related Names:
Gilbert, Reuben S.
Merrihew & Gunn.
Date Created/Published: 1833.
Summary: The broadside declaration is illustrated with a headpiece of Hercules strangling the Nemean lion as two astonished elders look on. Beneath the woodcut is the line, 'Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.' On either side of the image are quotations from Scripture condemning the evils of slavery. The main text is a manifesto, dated December 6, 1833, advocating the formation of a national anti-slavery society and enumerating its goals. It includes the names of delegates to the convention from ten states.
Notes:
Merrihew & Gunn, Printers, no. 7 Carter's Alley, Philadelphia.
Signed in the block: Reuben S. Gilbert.
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1833-15.
Subjects:
Abolition movement--1830-1840.
Broadsides--1830-1840.
Woodcuts--1830-1840.
Bookmark /2008661764/
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