(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) RUSH BENJAMIN ET AL Minutes of the P

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) RUSH, BENJAMIN ET AL. Minutes of the Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies. 30 pages, original drab wrappers, re-sewn; ink number at top left of front wrapper; tiny institutional stamp on verso of title-page; an untrimmed wide-margined copy. Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, 1794

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a report of the proceedings of the first such convention in the united statesBenjamin Rush, of Pennsylvania (1746– 1813) Founding Father, physician, writer, educator, and humanitarian suggested that Congress 'prohibit, by law the citizens of the United States from carrying on a commerce, in slaves, for the supply of foreign nations; and also, to prohibit foreigners from fitting out their ships in the ports of the United States for the purpose of carrying on the slave-trade.' He went further as well, with five more 'points' severely limiting any aspect of the slave trade, as carried out within the borders of the United States. A scarce and important pamphlet. Evans 26533.