An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping

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Creator / Contributor: Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Title: An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Collection Title: Treasures of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street
Date: 1773
M. DCC. LXXIII [1773]
Physical Description: [2], 30 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Description: Title page of an early appeal against slavery by a signer of the Declaration of Independence and noted physician. The pamphlet will be digitized in full at a future date. Published anonymously. Rush acknowledged authorship in the preface to his Essays, 1798. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴. References: Evans 12990; Sabin 74202; ESTC W5139.
Identifier: Main Collection -- Y1773.Rush Add
83957d_AddressToInhabitantsOfBritSettlements.TIF
Subject: Slavery--United States--Early works to 1800
Slavery--West Indies, British--Early works to 1800
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