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INSCRIBED BY WENDELL PHILLIPS [HILDRETH, RICHARD.] Depotism in America; or An Inquiry into the Nature and Results of the Slave-Holding System in the United States.Second Edition. By the Author of "Archy Moore." 186 pages. Small 8vo, original black cloth decoratively stamped in blind, with the title in gilt on the upper cover; extremities rubbed with some minor loss of cloth. Boston and New York: Anti-Slavery Society, 1840
an interesting association copy inscribed on the front paste-down: "Wendell Phillips to J. L. U." On the front free end paper is the name "Utley" in pencil. William L. Utley (1814-87), politician, soldier, newspaper publisher was commissioned colonel of the 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in 1862. While commanding his regiment in Kentucky gained nationwide attention for harboring a fugitive slave, whom he refused to deliver up in spite of a Kentucky circuit court order. The case continued after the War, and Utley was forced to pay a large judgment. He was eventually reimbursed by the government. It is probable that Phillips heard of him and sent him this book, but wrote his initials incorrectly.
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