1853 THE PRO-SLAVERY ARGUMENT Southern States, 1ST Ed
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1853 THE PRO-SLAVERY ARGUMENT Southern States, 1ST ED, Very Rare Find
MORALS OF SLAVERY SLAVES The PRO-SLAVERY ARGUMENT
As Maintained by the Most Distinguished Writers of the Southern States.
Containing the Several Essays, On the Subject, of Chancellor Harper, Governor Hammond,
Dr. Simms, and Professor Dew.
The essays are written by four prominent men from the State of South Carolina during the period leading up to the American Civil War.
Chancellor William Joseph Harper was an avid States Rights Lawyer.
Harper also served in congress.
Governor James Henry Hammond was the 60th Governor of South Carolina.
He was a wealth landowner, with a plantation totaling more than 22 square miles, numerous homes, and owned more than 300 slaves.
Dr. William Gilmore Simms was an author, poet, historian, and states rights advocate.
As a rebuttal to Harriett Beecher Stowes, Uncle Toms Cabin he wrote the Anti-Tom novel The Sword and the Distaff.
Professor Thomas Roderick Dew was President of William and Mary College from 1836 to 1846.
The college was funded by the production and sale of tobacco and owned many slaves.
The essays are detailed and cover many issues of the time.
A remarkably interesting and informative read.
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