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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) PAXTON, JOHN D. Letters on Slavery, Addressed to the Cumberland Congregation, Virginia. 207 pages. Tall 12mo, original publisher's smooth purple muslin with printed label on the spine; the latter lightly lacquered, an exceptional copy. Philadelphia: Abraham T. Skillman, 1833
first edition of a rather scarce kentucky imprint. The author, a minister from the Cumberland area of Virginia, "was so unfortunate as to give some offense on the subject of Slavery, to a part of the Cumberland congregation (Va), of which he was then pastor." He decided, at the urging of friends to clarify his position through these "Letters." Paxton freed his own slaves and urged others to do so. OCLC locates only two copies, while Shaw and Shoemaker locate three more.
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