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Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876 Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.081 Author/Creator: Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1847 Pagination: 32 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.7 cm Order a Copy

Claims that slavery has diminished southern society. Printed for the American Home Missionary Society, by William Osborn in New York. Bushnell was the pastor of the North Church in Hartford, Connecticut.

Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876

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