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Faulkner, Charles James, 1847-1929 The speech of Charles Jas. Faulkner (of Berkeley) in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the policy of the state with respect to her slave population: Delivered January 20, 1832.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05829 Author/Creator: Faulkner, Charles James, 1847-1929 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1832 Pagination: 1 v. : 22 p. : Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

Printed by Thomas W. White. Faulkner states, "... the evils of slavery stand confessed before us. The only question with a Virginia statesman, should be-- is there any remedy and what shall that remedy be?... although I am decidedly in favor of some scheme of manumission that will ultimately relieve my country from the catastrophe which threatens it, let no gentleman suppose, from what has fallen from me, that I am in favor of any rash, violent, or hasty legislation." Bound with string.

Faulkner, Charles James, 1847-1929
White, Thomas W., 1788-1843

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