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Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834 To the people of the state of South-Carolina.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06232.09 Author/Creator: Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Pamphlet Date: 1 December 1832 Pagination: 16 p. ; 21.6 x 13.4 cm. Order a Copy

Denounces the nullification ordinance passed by South Carolina on 24 November. Begins by stating, "The ordinance passed by your Convention at Columbia, a few days since, as the supreme law of the land, is the grave, not the bridal chamber of Liberty." Disbound.

Grimké, Thomas Smith, 1786-1834

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