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Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877) Ought American slavery be perpetuated? A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06190 Author/Creator: Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book Date: 1858 Pagination: 1 v. : 311 p. ; 19.4 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

First edition. Published by J. B. Lippincott. Debate held in Philadelphia, September 1858. Contains a frontispiece engraving of Brownlow. 305 pages of text followed by six pages of advertisements.

Brownlow served as Governor of Tennessee 1865-1869 and United States Senator from Tennessee 1869-1874. He did not oppose slavery, but strongly opposed secession. Abraham Pryne was editor of an antislavery paper, The Central Reformer.

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Lippincott, J. B. (Joshua Ballinger), 1813-1886
Pryne, Abram, 1823-1862

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