The Friends of Freedom for India
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- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Friends of Freedom for India, 1920. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 6x7 inches, minor splitting at the fold, otherwise very good. The Friends of Freedom for India was a pro-independence organization established in 1919 with Robert Morss Lovett as temporary president, the Irish-American lawyers Dudley Field Malone and Frank P. Walsh as vice presidents, Agnes Smedley as secretary, and Louis P. Lochner as treasurer. The editorial committee was chaired by Surendra Karr and included Margaret Sanger. The Board included Roger Nash Baldwin, Norman Thomas, and Judah Magnes, among others. This leaflet lists officers on the front panel. The interior text is titled "British Inquisition in India" (with different contents from Surendra Karr's essay of this title published in the June 28, 1919 issue of the Nation). It concludes with a section explaining why Americans should support the Indian activists being threatened with deportation, "only to suffer torture and death upon their return to their own native land." The organization declares its objectives as being "To maintain the right of asylum and see that Hindu political prisoners and refugees in America get justice in the light of American traditions" and "To assist in fair, frank and open discussion that the truth about India may be ascertained.
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- Seller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 295685
- Title
- The Friends of Freedom for India
- Format/Binding
- Pamphlet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Friends of Freedom for India
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian American history; Labor - American; 1920S; Americans from India; Independence;
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
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