antique 1865 The Freedmen's Book Civil War vintage abolitionist/slavery

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Rare antique 1865, Civil War era, copy of The Freedman's Book by abolitionist L. Maria Child and published by Ticknor and Fields - Boston. This is a collection of teachings and history etc., published for distribution to the freed slaves with the professes hope that those who could read would read it to the others.

The front joint is cracked and there is a name on the front endpaper.

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