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Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876 The Address of the People of South Carolina, assembled in convention, to the people of the slave states of the United States.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00719 Author/Creator: Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Pamphlet Date: 1860 Pagination: 16 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Concerns South Carolina seceding from the Union and encouraging other states that enslaved people to join in forming a confederacy. Printed by order of the convention by Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, South Carolina. No wrappers.

Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876

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