An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements, on the slavery of the Negroes in America. To which is added, A vindication of the address, in answer to a pamphlet entitled, "Slavery not forbidden in Scripture; or, A defence of the West India planters." By a Pennsylvanian. [Fifteen lines of verse, signed Proteus]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 568

Standardized Title:

Address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America upon slave-keeping

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--80162.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

[2],28,[2],54p. ; 8°.

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by John Dunlap, M,DCC,LXXIII. [1773]

Notes:

Attributed to Benjamin Rush in the Dictionary of American biography.

Edition statement transposed; precedes "To which is added .." on title page.

"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. .."--54 p. at end, with separate title page and pagination but continuous registration.

Local Notes:

Library copy: -54p. at end

Library copy: 54p. section only?

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 9021

Evans 12993; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2927