The instructive alphabet
Contributors: Samuel S. Wood & Co
Publisher: Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl Street, and Samuel S. Wood & Co., no. 212, Market-St., Baltimore
Published: 1822
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Alphabet rhymes; Readers (Primary); English language; Juvenile literature; Alphabet; Animals; Slavery; Slaves
Notes: First and last pages, presumably blank, pasted to inside of wrapper.

Abolitionist material on pages [44] to [47], including a vignette of kneeling slave, with captions "Am I not a man and a brother" and "Ah! pity human mis'ry! human wo! 'Tis what the happy to th' unhappy owe," followed by poems "Our Saviour's golden rule" and "The Negro's complaint."

Heavily illustrated.

Gift; Frances Henne; 1985.

Rare Book copy: From the library of Baylies Tabbots, Fall River, Mass., with autograph.

In printed wrapper; title, illustration, and imprint on page [1] of wrapper; illustrations on page [4] of wrapper.