Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 100

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [KINGSLEY, ZEPHANIAH]. A Treatise on the Patriarchal or Co-operative System of Society as it exists in Some Governments and Colonies in America and in the United States. 16 pages. 8vo, original printed self-wrappers; paper lightly toned with some foxing; spine split about three-quarters, but holding; a tall, untrimmed copy. [Tallahassee], 1829

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second edition, printed one year after the first. scarce.Kingsley argued that slavery "when associated with cruelty and injustice, is revolting to every philanthropic mind; but when that idea is associated with justice and benevolence, slavery, commonly so called, easily amalgamates with the ordinary conditions of life"---i.e. Kingsley truly believed that slaves were better off than most of the white working-class, and that slavery fitted into, and benefited society as a whole. servies 1377. howes k167. streeter sale 1219. florida imprints 27. sabin 96750.