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History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue

Best.-Nr. 4243Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1859. 8vo printed gray wrappers. viii 280 pp. CONDITION: Good moderate stain to the front-cover minor losses to head and foot of spine. First edition. An exhaustive account of the actions and legal proceedings surrounding the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case of 1858 an important event in abolitionist history. On 13 September 1858 a federal marshal in Oberlin Ohio detained the runaway slave John Price from Kentucky in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Seeking to skirt conflict with Oberlin locals-many of whom were abolitionists-the officer transported Price to Wellington Ohio. Oberlin residents learned of the officer's actions and met the men in Wellington in an effort to free Price. After first attempting to liberate him peacefully with the assistance of fellow abolitionists from Wellington the party ultimately seized him by force-first returning him to Oberlin and then escorting him to Canada. Tragically however Price died shortly after his arrival. In the wake of the rescue thirty-seven of those involved in rescuing Price were indicted by a federal grand jury-although only two were actually tried in federal court. Ohio authorities for their part arrested the federal marshal and those who assisted him in apprehending Price. The conviction of the two rescuers occasioned fervent protests among Ohio abolitionists and the divisive effect of the case had a significant impact on Ohio politics in the years immediately following. Boston publisher John P. Jewett 1814-1884 was the original publisher of Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 as well as various anti-slavery publications such as Kazlitt Arvin's Our Duty to the Fugitive Slave 1850 Henry Chase's The North and the South : A Statistical View of the Condition of the Free and Slave States 1856 and A North-side View of Slavery: The Refugee 1856. Scarce in wrappers. REFERENCES: Howes S419; Blockson 9525 citing the 1969 edition; Afro-Americana 9393; "Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case" at Ohio History Connection online. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1859 unknown books

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d'Ancona, Jacob; Selbourne, David; Lianmao, WangABAA

The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo

2000Best.-Nr. 2344316New York: Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Edges lightly foxed. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2000 Hard Cover. xv 5 538 pp. Translated from the Italian by David Selbourne with 'Remarks on The City of Light' by Wang Lianmao. "In 1270 a scholarly Jewish merchant called Jacob d'Ancona set out on a voyage from Italy. A year later he arrived in China at the coastal metropolis of Zaitun the "City of Light" now known as Quanzhou four years before Marco Polo arrived at Xanadu in 1275. Nothing was known of this epochal journey until 1990 when David Selbourne was shown d'Ancona's account of his travels a remarkable manuscript that had been hidden from public view for more than seven centuries. Eventually translated and edited by Selbourne and published in Great Britain in October 1997 as The City of Light the account was praised as providing an unparalleled insight into life in the medieval world. Controversy followed. Selbourne had pledged to the manuscript's owner that he would not reveal its whereabouts and that raised doubts about its authenticity. As a result of U.S. sinologists' criticism of plans for American publication the first edition was canceled. Now a year later Birch Lane Press happily publishes the controversial work. Criticisms of the textual evidence of d'Ancona's account have been answered by Selbourne. Most notably other academics--particularly and significantly in China--have come to the support of d'Ancona's account. The work is to be published in a Chinese translation. Vivid and insightful this account has great historical significance. It not only describes the adventures of a medieval trader but also comments on Chinese society and manners through the eyes of a European man of learning. The City of Light brings spectacularly to life d'Ancona's encounter with one of the world's great civilizations. Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp hardcover books

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