(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION RECONSTRUCTION) BLAIR LEWIS H The Pr

Sale 2408 - Lot 108

Unsold

Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--RECONSTRUCTION.) BLAIR, LEWIS H. The Prosperity of the South Dependent upon the Elevation of the Negro. 148 pages. Small 8vo, original printed gray wrappers; a couple of small chips, one to the spine and the other to the cover, a very clean copy of a fragile book. Richmond: Everett Waddey, 1883

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

first edition of this pragmatic, but surprisingly liberal suggestion of how to pull both races up out of the physical and economical destruction following the end of the Civil War. Blair, a Richmond businessman and economist, urged sensible Southerners to treat Negroes with respect and bring them into the economic 'fold.' It is clear from history, that his advice was not altogether heeded.