Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 99

Price Realized: $ 450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Group of five pamphlets. The South: in a Letter from a Friend in the North * African Servitude: When, Why, and by Whom Instituted * The Governing Race: a Book for All Times, by H.O.R. * Slavery a Divine Trust * The Nail Hit on the Head, or The Two Jonathans agreeing to Settle the Slave Question, by Pacificator * Slavery Abolished. Its Relation to the Government, by Rev. C. Conkling. 8vo's, original printed wrappers, all in exceptional condition. Vp, 1856-1862

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A group of pamphlets, for the most part anonymous or pseudonymous, that either argue for slavery from a Biblical standpoint, or suggest a compromise with the slave-owners of the South. All in a remarkable state of preservation.