1846 HANNAH MORE. The Poetical Works of Hannah More. Abolitionist and Friend to William Wilberforce. Illustrated New-Hampshire

New-Hampshire

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Because of persecution at Nauvoo

Building on the Sand

A very finely preserved edition in original speckled calf boards

1846 HANNAH MORE. The Poetical Works of Hannah More. Abolitionist and Friend to William Wilberforce. Illustrated New-HampshireA very attractive tooled morocco bound example of the Poetical Works of Hannah More. She was active as part of the influential Clapham Sect and a constant support [and faithful reproof at times] to William Wilberforce. She came to be known as the Bishop in Petticoats. The lines include devotional, historical, and activist works on slavery, including "The Slave Trade," an expansive poem that includes the following lines: Wheneer to Africs shores I turn