Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 75

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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) PRIEST, JOSIAH. Slavery as it Relates to the Negro or African Race, Examined in the Light of Circumstances, History and The Holy Scriptures. Illustrated with woodcuts. 340 pages, 12mo, original cloth, lightly rubbed. Albany, 1843

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first edition. of this complex pro-slavery work. Priest went to great lengths to prove that slavery was condoned by scripture, and attempted to explain the causes of color in the African race.