{"product_id":"1910-abolitionist-juvenile-fiction-the-slaves-henry-mozley-unrecorded","title":"The Slaves; Or, the Benefit Repaid. To Which Is Added, the Fairy; Or, a Good Action Rewarded.","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"model-response-message-contentr_48c20095526c42d2\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel tutor-markdown-rendering force-compact-layout enable-updated-hr-color\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e(Black History) (Slavery) The Slaves; Or, the Benefit Repaid. To Which Is Added, the Fairy; Or, a Good Action Rewarded. Gainsborough: Printed by and for Henry Mozley, circa 1810. FIRST EDITION.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e48mo - 4\" x 2-1\/2\". 31, [1] pp. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece and 8 internal text woodcuts printed in black. Original publisher's string-bound tan paper wrappers, with an individual woodcut illustration and rhyming verse printed in black to both the front and rear wrappers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eThe structural and physical condition of the volume is \u003cstrong\u003eVERY GOOD\u003c\/strong\u003e. The original paper wrappers remain intact, exhibiting light surface soiling, minor wear along the spine fold, and expected rounding to the fore-edge corner tips. Internally, the leaves show uniform light soiling consistent with juvenile handling. Administrative markings are restricted to a small ink stamp \"67494\" and an early pen notation \"085 \/ MOZ\" on the unprinted title-page verso. Textual anomalies are limited to a short closed tear in the center of leaves [5]-6, which does not result in paper loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eEarly Abolitionist Juvenile Fiction and Provincial Chapbook Printing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eThis miniature provincial chapbook serves as an unrecorded example of early nineteenth-century anti-slavery juvenile fiction engineered to cultivate abolitionist sentiment within the British nursery. Published by Henry Mozley in Gainsborough during the immediate wake of the \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"275\" data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eSlave Trade Act of 1807\u003c\/b\u003e, the primary narrative utilizes the didactic \"benefit repaid\" trope to argue the moral humanity of enslaved populations, framing reciprocal kindness between races as an ethical mandate. The primary text is supplemented by a secondary cautionary tale, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"550\" data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eThe Fairy; Or, a Good Action Rewarded\u003c\/i\u003e, contrasting the moral temperaments of two sisters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eThe work is illustrated with a historically compelling \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"55\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003ewoodcut frontispiece\u003c\/b\u003e depicting a European sailing ship approached by canoes populated with Africans armed with bows and arrows—a rare contemporary juvenile representation of indigenous coastal resistance to transatlantic enslavement vessels. The eight internal woodcuts reinforce the text through bold, block-printed vignettes. This publication reflects the strategic turn by British abolitionist printers to utilize cheap, ephemeral street literature and chapbooks to embed humanitarian principles into popular working-class and adolescent reading habits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eBibliographic Status, Unrecorded Solitary Census, and Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eThis copy represents a significant discovery within the field of historic transatlantic black diaspora bibliography. The title is entirely unrecorded across all major international library catalogs, union lists, and commerce indices. A current global institutional sweep via the \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"279\" data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database\u003c\/b\u003e confirms zero holdings worldwide; it is similarly absent from the comprehensive digital and physical files of the \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"416\" data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eBritish Library\u003c\/b\u003e, and shows no record of appearance within the \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"478\" data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eAuction \u0026amp; Book Sales Archive\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eIssued as a fragile, non-casebound miniature chapbook intended for immediate consumption by children, its survival rate is practically zero, establishing this specimen as the unique extant representative of its printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eAN UNRECORDED AND APPARENTLY UNIQUE SURVIVAL OF A PRE-EMANCIPATION BRITISH ANTI-SLAVERY JUVENILE CHAPBOOK, CONSTITUTING A CRITICAL PRIMARY ARTIFACT FOR INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH INTO PROVINCIAL ABOLITIONIST PRINTING, NINETEENTH-CENTURY DIASPORIC ICONOGRAPHY, AND DIDACTIC NURSERY LITERATURE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001253\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45904449568917,"sku":"","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/the_slaves_01_20250328.jpg?v=1743204152","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/1910-abolitionist-juvenile-fiction-the-slaves-henry-mozley-unrecorded","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}