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First edition. [4] pp. with one-sided addendum sheet laid in. Engraved full-length portrait of Hopkins on first page. Single sheet, unbound. About Very Good, folded in fours, some light staining, wear along edges, penciled note on rear wrap. Truly scarce: no copies located in OCLC and extremely uncommon in commerce. Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) of Boston was an important Black literary figure in the late 19th and early 20th century: playwright, novelist (best known for Contending Forces published about ten years after this lecture), editor of Colored American Magazine and New Era Magazine, and active lecturer. This pamphlet from early in her career promotes her illustrated historical lecture on Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It begins with a long introduction by William Alexander Hopkins (1835-1906), her stepfather and manager. He boasts of her "genius and culture, a fine presence and a beautiful voice" adding that "all races love to be judged by the great men they produce. Let no man, woman, or child with one iota of race price fail to hear this Lecture and see these Views." Pages 3 and 4 contain several endorsements of the lecture from June and September 1889. Inserted is a one-page addendum with more endorsements from October to November 1889, including a long review translated from a Santo Domingo newspaper and an introduction in Spanish. An important ephemeral item by one of the most prominent Black female authors of the late 19th/ early 20th centuries, connecting the struggle of African Americans with Haitians' historical fight for freedom and dignity. Seller Inventory # 140945046
Bibliographic Details
Title: New Illustrated Lecture: The Rise of the ...
Publisher: [No Publisher], Boston
Publication Date: 1889
Edition: First edition.
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