(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) NICHOLS ELI To the General Assembly

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ONLY ONE OTHER COPY LOCATED (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) NICHOLS, ELI. To the General Assembly of the State of Ohio. Folio leaf, folded to form four pages, printed on both sides; some very light foxing. [Coshocton County, Ohio, 1861]

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first and only printing. scarce, oclc locating only one copy. A petition to the General Assembly of Ohio to urge their Senators to appeal to the Federal government regarding the influx of ex-slaves into the state, only 75 miles from the W. Virginia border. The author of this petition, Eli Nichols, says he understands the odious nature of slavery, but also states that "God in his wisdom, originally made distinct races of men, and designed them to occupy distinct nationalities (sic) in climates pre-ordained to promote their health and happiness." And so, no hard feelings, but he and the other petitioners would rather these ex-slaves and the rest of the people of color in America be given a piece of tropical territory where they can all settle according to God's plan. "To ask whether or not the negroes would go, is to ask whether or not the negroes are rational beings. If they desire freedom and their rights, they must certainly go. . . " Another convoluted, but familiar racist argument that in the end is no more rational than that of the Colonization Society decades before.