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1838
Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia.
Reprinted from the New-York Evening Post, with additions by the author. Printed by John F. Throw.
GLC00267.068
1845
Stewart, Alvan, 1790-1849
A legal argument before the Supreme Court of the state of New Jersey... for the deliverance of 4,000 persons from bondage.
Delivered at the May term in Trenton, New Jersey. Challenges state laws concerning slavery because they contradict New Jersey's 1844 constitution which abolished slavery. Published by Finch & Weed, New York. Printed by S.W. Benedict.
GLC00267.069
1847
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
White slavery in the Barbary States.
Lecture given before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, 17 February 1847. Sumner argues that American slavery was based on white American racism. Published by William D. Ticknor and Company, Boston. Printed by Metcalf and Company...
GLC00267.070
1860
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
A journey in the back country.
Volume III of Our Slave States. Previous documentation indicates this is a first edition. Published by Mason Brothers. Introduction begins: "This is the third volume of a work, the first of which was a narrative of a journey in the sea-board...
GLC00267.073
1857
Helper, Hinton R., 1829-1906
The impending crisis of the South: how to meet it.
Cited as "Fourth thousand" above publisher information. Previous documentation indicates this is a first edition. Published by Burdick Brothers. Signed on inner front cover by B.B. Eldridge. Introduction states: "it has been no part of my purpose...
GLC00267.075
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