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Stuart, Moses, 1780-1852 Conscience and the Constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster in the Senate of the United States on the subject of slavery.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05845 Author/Creator: Stuart, Moses, 1780-1852 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1850 Pagination: 1 v. : 119 p. : Height: 21.3 cm, Width: 13.2 cm Order a Copy

Published by Crocker & Brewster. Stuart, a minister and Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Seminary (near Boston), justifies slavery using a Biblical argument. Also predicts the economic repercussions of abolition: "Suppose the black population are made free; then what is to be done with them after this, specially in those States, or parts of States, where they are more numerous than the whites; how are they going to live and prosper... What then I ask the Abolitionists... what is to be done with such a population?" Argues for colonization.

Stuart, Moses, 1780-1852

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