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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Mr. Sumner's Lecture on White Slavery in the Barbary States.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.19 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1847 Pagination: 60 p. : Height: 23.7 cm, Width: 14.7 cm Order a Copy

Sumner's lecture given before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, 17 February 1847. Published by William D. Ticknor and Company. Printed in Cambridge by Metcalf and Company, printers to the University. Inscribed on the original orange cover to the editor of the Daily Bee from the publisher.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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