Am I Not a Man? And a Brother? (Cambridge, 1788). Peter Peckard (ca. 1718–1797),

One of the most widely circulated images of the 18th-century abolitionist movement first appeared in print in this pamphlet addressed to the British Parliament. It had been designed in 1787 as a seal for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Gift of Sidney Lapidus, Class of 1959. Rare Book Division.

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