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Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863 Report of the minority of the special committee of seven, to whom was referred so much of his late excellency's message no. 1, as relates to slavery and the slave trade

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05216 Author/Creator: Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863 Place Written: Columbia, South Carolina Type: Pamphlet Date: 1857 Pagination: 40 ; p. 22.1 x 13.7 cm. Order a Copy

Reprinting of the minority House report, led by J. Johnston Pettigrew of South Carolina, opposing the re-opening of the slave trade on economic and social grounds. Printed by the Carolina Times Steam Power Press. Front page is stamped with the name David Kohn.

Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863

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