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1857
Armstrong, George D. (George Dodd) (1813-1899)
The Christian doctrine of slavery.
Published in New York by Charles Scribner. Justification of slavery based on the principles and history of Christianity.
GLC00267.078
Ruffin, Edmund (1794-1865)
The political economy of slavery
First edition of Ruffin's pro-slavery pamphlet, signed by Andrew Johnson. Johnson writes on the cover "Send this to my room with my mail." The pamphlet was published in 1857, Johnson most likely signed it in 1858. Untrimmed edges. Lacking wrappers...
GLC00774
6 April 1854
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
No slavery in Nebraska: no slavery in the nation: slavery an outlaw. Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill.
Representative Smith states, "I am opposed to the bill for organizing the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which has come to us from the Senate, because, in the first place, it insults colored men, and the Maker of all men, by limiting suffrage to...
GLC05116.06
1837
Chapman, Maria W. (fl. 1837)
Right and Wrong in Boston. Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Soc.
Subtitle: "Annual report of the Boston Female Anti-slavery Society, with a sketch of obstacles thrown in the way of emancipation by certain clerical abolitionists and advocates for the subjection of women." Printed by Isaac Knapp. 16mo. Rebound...
GLC06860
1850
Clark, Rufus W. (Rufus Wheelwright) (1813-1886)
A Review of the Rev. Moses Stuart's pamphlet on slavery, entitled conscience and the Constitution.
Published by C. C. P. Moody. Clark, pastor of the North Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rebuts Stuart's argument regarding slavery (Stuart argued for colonization; refer to GLC00267.138). In closing, writes "...notwithstanding the strong...
GLC00267.139
1863
Thompson, Joseph Parrish (1819-1879)
Christianity and emancipation; or, the teachings and influence of the Bible against slavery.
Printed by Anson D. F. Randolph. Thompson is identified as pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church. Bound with string. Printed circa May 1863.
GLC05846
Long, John Dixon (1817-1894)
Pictures of slavery in church and state; including personal reminiscences, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc. etc...
(title continues)... with an appendix, containing the views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on slavery. Published by Long, an abolitionist and minister of the Philadelphia annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In conclusion...
GLC06232.05
1864
Warren, E. W. (Ebenezer W.) (b. 1820)
Nellie Norton: or, Southern slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural refutation of the principal arguments upon which the abolitionists rely. A vindication of Southern slavery from the Old and New Testaments.
Published by Burke, Boykin & Company. Cover consists of faded yellow paper. Outer back cover contains advertisements for other books.
GLC05180
Drisler, H. (fl. 1862-1863)
A reply to the "Bible View of Slavery, by J.H. Hopkins, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont"
One article written by H. Drisler dated 1863. Opposes and criticizes the essay written by Bishop Hopkins entitled "Bible View of Slavery", which claims that the Bible "authorized" slavery. Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York....
GLC01265.11
1858
Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877)
Ought American slavery be perpetuated? A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne.
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.
GLC06190
1860
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state.
Given in the Senate, 4 June 1860. Condemns slavery as barbaric and criticizes various pro-slavery arguments, including that slavery was not upheld by the United States Constitution. Published by Thaddeus Hyatt, Washington, D.C. Printed as the clergy...
GLC02095.21
Freeman, Frederick (1799-1883)
A plea for Africa, being familiar conversations on the subject of slavery and colonization, [originally published under the title "Yaradee."]
Published by J. Whetham. Discusses African history, slavery, and colonization. Contains reviews following the appendix. Also includes an advertisement for Psalmodia, another book by Freeman. On inner front cover, contains a Henry F. Porter...
GLC00267.392
1856
Stewart, James Augustus (1808-1879)
Speech of Hon. James A. Stewart, of Maryland, on African slavery, its status-- natural, moral, social, legal, and constitutional...
Title continues, "...and the origin, progress, present condition, and future destiny of the United States, considered in connection with African slavery as a part of its social system; with the bearings of that institution upon the interests of all...
GLC00267.004
1836
Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter) (1807-1888)
A view of the American slavery question. By E. P. Barrows, Jr., pastor of the first free Presbyterian Church, N. Y.
Barrows remarks, "It is the duty of the churches to testify the truth respecting the system of slavery. It is true that it is a heinously guilty system, not to be in any way countenanced or abetted; and they ought unequivocally to say so." First...
GLC06141
1862
Whiting, William (1813-1873)
The war powers of the President and the legislative powers of Congress in relation to rebellion, treason, and slavery.
Printed by John L. Shorey. Signed on front cover by Francis W. Goddard. In conclusion, Whiting states "Rising above the political platforms, the claims and disclaimers of Federalists, Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, and all other parties, and...
GLC06215
Stuart, Moses (1780-1852)
Conscience and the constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster on the subject of slavery.
Published by Crocker & Brewster. Stuart discusses the problems of ending slavery. In closing, writes "The last thing I have to say, is, to ask the question, whether it would not be a feasible thing, and the best thing we can do, to colonize the...
GLC00267.138
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.
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...
GLC05845
circa 1837
Southard, Nathaniel
The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States.
Labeled Vol. 1 no. 3. Southard serves as editor. Published by D. K. Hitchcock. With front paper engraving depicting William [Lloyd] Garrison attempting to chop down a tree labeled "Slavery" while a minister, soldier, businessman and President Van...
GLC05939
Grimke, Angelina Emily (1805-1879)
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.
GLC08642
1833
Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879)
The Abolitionist
Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...
GLC08844
1847
Bushnell, Horace (1802-1876)
Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions.
Claims that slavery has diminished southern society. Printed for the American Home Missionary Society, by William Osborn in New York. Bushnell was the pastor of the North Church in Hartford, Connecticut.
GLC00267.081
19 August 1837
Liberator Extra issue
Scarce "Extra" issue of William Lloyd Garrison's weekly Liberator mainly devoted to the "Appeal of Clerical Abolitionists on Anti-Slavery Measures .... Declaration of Abolitionists in The Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass."
GLC09298
1774
Woolman, John (1720-1772)
The works of... in two parts
Includes his Journal and his both parts of his essay "Some considerations on the keeping of negroes." A seminal work published in part I (1754) and part II (1762) on Christian objections to slavery. First edition printed by Joseph Crukshank. Evans...
GLC06191
Keep, John (fl. 1837)
An address, delivered December 22, 1837, in the village of Lockport, N.Y. commemorative of the martyrdom of Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, who was killed by the mob...
Title continues, "... in the city of Alton, Ill., on the night of November 7, 1837." Elijah P. Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister, editor of a religious newspaper who was killed by a pro-slavery mob. Keep was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church...
GLC00267.090
1845
Clark, Lewis Garrard (1812-1897)
Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America.
Printed by David H. Ela. Signed on front and rear cover by Caleb Hobart of East Maison (possibly Tennessee). Dictated by Clark. With an introduction, verifying Clark's testimony, by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy (anti-slavery figure and brother of...
GLC06177
1861
Thornwell, James Henley (1812-1862)
The state of the country
Authored by Thornwell, D.D., as a professor of theology at the Columbia, South Carolina Theological Seminary. Concerns the secession of South Carolina and other states that might follow; defends slavery in the South. Addressed on back cover to Rev...
GLC06158.08
1901
Kletzing, Henry F. (b. 1850)
Progress of a race or the remarkable advancement of the Afro-American...
Full title is: "Progress of a race or the remarkable advancement of the Afro-American from the bondage of slavery, ignorance and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust." Published by J. L. Nichols & Co. Co...
GLC06126.01
1865
Swain, Leonard (1821-1869)
A nation's sorrow. A sermon preached on the Sabbath after the assassination of president Lincoln, in the Central Congregational Church, Providence, April 15, 1865
States that with the death of president Lincoln must come an oath from the people to put an end to slavery, with no compromises. Argues that justice, not vengeance must be taken against the traitors. Asserts that the country had been blinded by the...
GLC08542
Chester, John (1832-1910)
The lesson of the hour : justice as well as mercy, a discourse preached on the Sabbath following the assassination of the President, in the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. by John Chester
Published by Washington Chronicle Print. Blames Lincoln's assassination on the rebel Southern states, slavery, and those from the North that have aided and sympathized with the rebels. States that the "duty of the hour" is to make sure that the...
GLC02913.06
Spencer, Ichabod S. (Ichabod Smith) (1798-1854)
Fugitive slave law. The religious duty of obedience to law: a sermon, preached in the Second Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850.
Published by M. W. Dodd. Argues against resistance to government and law, and upholds citizens' religious duty to obey the law. Writes, "I am not justifying slavery... I am not justifying the fugitive-slave Law. It may be wrong: it may be unwise...
GLC00267.141
1849
Mott, Lucretia (fl. 1849-1860)
A Sermon to the medical students
First edition. 12mo. Printed gray wrappers. An important speech on anti-slavery and women's rights. Described on the cover as a "revised Phonographic Report." Mott rejects the doctrine of original human depravity, credits the birth of reform...
GLC06857
7 June 1827
New Hampshire Auxiliary Colonisation Society
The third annual report of the New Hampshire Auxiliary Colonisation Society, presented and read at the meeting of the society, held in Concord, June 7, 1827.
Includes some discussion of Liberia, missionary work and a recent speech of Henry Clay, president of the national Society. First edition. Printed at the Repository and Observer office. Stamp of Dartmouth College Library.
GLC00267.044
Wilkerson, James (fl. 1861)
Wilkerson's History of his travels & labors, in the United States, as a missionary, in particular, that of Union Seminary, in Franklin Co. Ohio. Since he purchased his liberty in New Orleans, La., &c.
First edition. No printer cited. In original yellow wrappers. Signed on back cover by Samuel Allen.
GLC06150
Perkins, Rev. Palfrey (fl. 1940-)
Race or Humanity?
sermon given in King's Chapel, Boston
GLC08880.006
Child, Lydia Maria Francis (1802-1880)
An Appeal in the Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
First book of American abolitionist movement; inscribed in pencil with respects of "the author" to J. J. Dixwell. Exlibris stamp of Meadville Theological School on top, with duplicate sold stamp. Includes engravings.
GLC06867
1820
Spring, Gardiner (1785-1873)
Memoirs of the Reverend Samuel J. Mills, late missionary to the South Western section of the United States...
(title continues)... and agent of the American Colonization Society, deputed to explore the coast of Africa. By Spring as pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York. Published by the New-York Evangelical Missionary Society.
GLC00267.057
Moore, Marinda Branson (1829-1864)
The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children
Published by Branson, Farrar & Co. A Confederate textbook of American geography that was written because the author "having found most of the juvenile books too complex for young minds, has for some time intended making an effort to simplify the...
GLC00566
1832
Converse, J. K. (John Kendrick) (1801-1880)
A Discourse, on the moral, legal and domestic condition of our colored population, preached before the Vermont Colonization Society, at Montpelier, October 17, 1832.
Converse preaches that Blacks, "though they might be freemen in name, can never be raised to the rank and privileges of freemen in this country." He blames white American racism for this situation and proposes colonization as the solution. First...
GLC00267.050
1835
Gurley, Ralph Randolph (1797-1872)
Life of Jehudi Ashmun, late colonial agent in Liberia. With an appendix containing extracts from his journal and other writings; with a brief sketch of the life of the Rev. Lott Cary.
First edition. Printed by James C. Dunn. Engraved portrait of Ashmun opposite title page. With note affixed to the front endpaper: "This book was presented to me by the Revd. R.R. Gurley as a token of his Friendly Regard. Washington City, D.C...
GLC06128
1889
Stroyer, Jacob (1849-1908)
My life in the south.
Biography of Stroyer, an freedman raised on a plantation in South Carolina and freed in 1864 by the Emancipation Proclamation. Stroyer was minister of the African Methodist Episcopal church in Salem. The introduction contains letters of support for...
GLC00267.083
December 1787 - May 1788
Loudon, Samuel (1727?-1813)
The American Magazine.
Contains six monthly issues. Billed as "Containing a Miscellaneous Collection of Original an other Valuable Essays, in Prose and Verse, and Calculated both for Instruction and Amusement." A quote underneath the title reads: "Science the guide, and...
GLC03462
1852
Thompson, George
Thompson in Africa: Or, an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission.
Thompson in Africa: Or, an Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings, Travels, and Observations of George Thompson in Western Africa, at the Mendi Mission. Abolitionist's diary of his African trip. Includes several eye witness accounts of the...
GLC09408
27 May 1840
Society of Friends
Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slavetrade.
Message to Congress emphasizing the "horror and brutality of the middle passage." The memorial states that the trade is being "prosecuted to a greater extent, and in a manner more destructive to its victims, than it ever was before." 26 Congress...
GLC00267.036
1867
Helper, Hinton Rowan (1829-1906)
Nojoque; a question for a continent.
Published by George W. Carleton & Company. In the introduction, Helper states, "Were I to state here, frankly and categorically, that the primary object of this work is to write the negro out of America, and that the secondary object is to write him...
GLC00267.076
Report of the Secretary of State communicating the report of the Rev. R. R. Gurley, who was recently sent out by the government...
(title continues)... to obtain information in respect to Liberia. Pamphlet bound as a book. With introductory note by Daniel Webster, Secretary of State 1850-1852. 31st Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document No. 75. Contains a...
GLC00267.054
1854
Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888)
The rendition of Anthony Burns. Its causes and consequences. A discourse on Christian politics, delivered in Williams Hall, Boston, on Whitsunday, June 4, 1854.
Concerns the extradition of Burns, a fugitive slave who was captured in Boston and returned to Virginia. Demonstrates the wide-held belief that the "Slave Power" of the South could control the North and cause Northerners to allow this to happen....
GLC00267.151
circa 1856
Unknown
Infidelity and abolitionism. An open letter to the friends of religion, morality, and the American Union.
Attacks the Presidential campaign of John C. Fremont. "John C. Fremont is the candidate for the Presidency of conjoined fanaticisms... We assert and defy contradiction, that every organization boasting infidel doctrines is now an organization in...
GLC05764
Conway, Moncure Daniel (1832-1907)
The Rejected stone: or insurrection vs. resurrection in America. By a native of Virginia
Conway's authorship marked as "By a Native of Virginia." Published by Walker, Wise, and Company at 245 Washington Street. Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. First edition. A plea for emancipation divided into 19 chapters. Original red printed...
GLC00267.248
The Golden Hour.
Signed by Julia Piatt, 29 July 1862, Washington, D.C. Conway was an American author and preacher, and ardent abolitionist. He lectured in England during the Civil War in the interests of the North. The Golden Hour is a plea for the emancipation of...
GLC00267.249
The fugitive slave law; tried by the Old and New Testaments.
Argues against obeying fugitive slave laws. Published by William Harned, New York, printed by B. L. Hamlen, New Haven, Connecticut. Reprinted from the New Englander for November 1850. Thompson was the pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church.
GLC00267.142
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