1866 J. SELLA MARTIN. Important MSs on Slavery by Black Abolitionist & Friend of Frederick Douglass Autograph Else very clean and sound

Else very clean and sound

The WCTU is the oldest

largely in the Methodist and Wesleyan-Methodist traditions

I know that the able Author is long since gone to his God

Printed by Richard Field

1866 J. SELLA MARTIN. Important MSs on Slavery by Black Abolitionist & Friend of Frederick Douglass Autograph Else very clean and soundA very important MSs inscription by black former slave abolitionist, John Sella Martin. We trace no examples in the trade, none at auction, and very spare representation in institutional collections. John Sella [sometimes Stella] Martin [p1832 1876] was born enslaved in Charlotte, North Carolina. His mother was a slave who seems to have become pregnant after being raped by the son or nephew of her white master. Under the principle of partus sequitur