American Slavery and Colour.

£250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The author cites witnessing a slave auction as the prime motivation for this overview of slavery in the United States. He examines the political dimensions and include a chapter on the Kansas-Nebraska Affair and the Missouri Compromise. In the final pages the author foreshadows the Civil War that broke out just four years later. Sabin, 11806 .

• Year: 1857

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