Extracts from Remarks on Dr. Channing's Slavery, with Comments, by an Abolitionist.
Boston: Published by D. K. Hitchcock, 1836. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 55, [1] pages. Somewhat soiled and worn; some light spotting to the wrappers; a very good copy. Item #19192
A radical response to the great flurry of controversial pamphlets to follow in the wake of William Ellery Channing's 1835 publication of Slavery, this title the response to James Trecothick Austin's anonymous attack on Channing, Remarks on Dr. Channing's Slavery (1835). This abolitionist response picks apart the supposed moral and legal justifications for slavery and defends the abolitionist cause: "Should these comments be branded with fanaticism, like most other writings which please for the abolition of Slavery, I shall not regret having published them." (The author also assures the reader out of delicacy to the public character of "conspicuous abolitionists" that he is not among their number.) American Imprints 37366; Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 3576; Sabin 11920n.
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