JEFFERSON, THOMAS. The Last Act of Slavery Arrived. The New Embargo Law. Letterpress...

JEFFERSON, THOMAS. The Last Act of Slavery Arrived. The New Embargo Law. Letterpress broadside, 20 x 13 1/2 inches, signed in type by Jefferson as president near the end of his term; folds, minor dampstaining and offsetting, untrimmed. [Boston]: Russell & Cutler, 9 January 1809

The text of an amendment to the Embargo Act of 1807, an effort to protect American sovereignty in the years before the War of 1812. The act does not relate to slavery except in a metaphorical sense. We trace one copy in OCLC, another partial copy at the Library of Congress, and none at auction.