An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping ... : to which are added observations on a pamphlet, entitled, "Slavery not forbidden by Scripture, or, A defence of the West-India planters" / by a Pennsylvanian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

Contributor:

Nisbet, Richard.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--Early works to 1800.

Slavery.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Pepper, William, 1874-1947 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 2)

Pepper, William (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy 2)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 28 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 54 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

The second edition.

Fingerprint:

tose hey, 7.y. Chwo (3) 1773 (R)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : printed and sold by John Dunlap, MDCCLXXIII [1773]

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ [E]⁴ F-K⁴ L⁴( -L4).

Attributed to Benjamin Rush. Cf. Evans.

Edition statement precedes subtitle on t.p.

Added special t.p. reads: A vindication of the address to the inhabitants of the British settlements, on the slavery of the Negroes in America, in answer to a pamphlet entitled, "Slavery not forbidden by scripture; or a defence of the West-India planters from the aspersions thrown out against them by the author of the address" / by a Pennsylvanian. Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap in Market-Street, MDCCLXXIII. With separate title page and pagination but continuous registration.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection 1 copy imperfect: "A vindication of the address" (54 p. at end) wanting.

Culture Class Collection 1 bound in full brown morocco, title, author, and date of imprint stamped in gilt on spine.

Culture Class Collection 1 has the stamp of the University of Pennsylvania Library in blue ink on t.p. and p. 28.

Culture Class Collection 2 copy imperfect: p. [1]-[2] (second sequence) and "A vindication of the address" (54 p. at end) wanting.

Culture Class Collection 2 bound in full brown morocco, decorative gold-tooled border on boards; title, author, and date of imprint stamped in gilt on spine; gold-tooled cover edges; turn-ins gold-tooled with decorative borders and thistle corner pieces; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt.

Culture Class Collection 2 has the armorial bookplate of William Pepper on front pastedown; Culture Class Collection 2 was the gift of William Pepper III.

Cited in:

ESTC, W5140

Evans, 12994

Related Work:

Nisbet, Richard. Slavery not forbidden by Scripture.

Contains:

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813. Vindication of the address to the inhabitants of the British settlements, on the slavery of the Negroes in America.

OCLC:

6871230