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Course of Popular Lectures : As Delivered by Frances Wright in New York, Philadelphia and other cities of the United States. With three addresses on public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French Reformers of 1789. Published by New York, Office of the Free Enquirer 1829. Very rare 1st Edition. Front board is detached and the spine is nearly deteriorated away. Page edges are tattered and soiled. There foxing to pages throughout. This rare piece of literature is all there but has all of the problems that age can toss at it. Accompanied by her sister, Wright first settled in New York City, while she attempted to establish herself as a dramatist. Frustrated by her lack of literary success, she returned to London in 1820. Upon her return to America in 1824, she became a leading figure in the agitation for woman suffrage and the abolition of slavery. Of note was her attempt to establish an experimental colony for the gradual emancipation of slaves on land purchased near Memphis, Tenn. She lived at Owen’s New Harmony for some years before establishing the "Hall of Science" in New York to serve as a platform for this lecture series. Lecture subjects include religion, knowledge, free enquiry, etc. These are the lectures of an important English thinker who came to the freedom of new world America and made an impact on our politics and social development. 239 pgs 9 1/4" by 5 5/8"
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