A Dissertation on Slavery: with A Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it, in the State of Virginia

by St. George Tucker

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104pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers, detached and chipped. Presentation inscription on upper wrapper. Sabin 97375; Howes T396; Dumond, p. 111; Blockson 9360. Item #365716 St. George Tucker 1752-1827 was an eminent jurist and born in Bermuda and living in Va. when he wrote this revolutionary pamphlet, first published in 1796, advocating the abolition of slavery by emancipating children born to slave mothers, thus gradually but effectively

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