An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping ... : to which are added observations on a pamphlet, entitled, "Slavery not forbidden by Scripture, or, A defence of the West-India planters"

Name:

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1773

Language:

English

Provenance:

Pepper, William, 1874-1947 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 2); Pepper, William (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy 2)

Publisher:

printed and sold by John Dunlap

Subject:

Slavery -- United States -- Early works to 1800; Slavery

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 28 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 54 pages; 20 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ [E]⁴ F-K⁴ L⁴( -L4).; Attributed to Benjamin Rush. Cf. Evans.; Edition statement precedes subtitle on t.p.; Added special t.p. reads: 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. Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap in Market-Street, MDCCLXXIII. With separate title page and pagination but continuous registration.; Culture Class Collection 1 copy imperfect: "A vindication of the address" (54 p. at end) wanting.; Culture Class Collection 1 bound in full brown morocco, title, author, and date of imprint stamped in gilt on spine.; Culture Class Collection 1 has the stamp of the University of Pennsylvania Library in blue ink on t.p. and p. 28.; Culture Class Collection 2 copy imperfect: p. [1]-[2] (second sequence) and "A vindication of the address" (54 p. at end) wanting.; Culture Class Collection 2 bound in full brown morocco, decorative gold-tooled border on boards; title, author, and date of imprint stamped in gilt on spine; gold-tooled cover edges; turn-ins gold-tooled with decorative borders and thistle corner pieces; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt.; Culture Class Collection 2 has the armorial bookplate of William Pepper on front pastedown; Culture Class Collection 2 was the gift of William Pepper III.; Related Work: Nisbet, Richard. Slavery not forbidden by Scripture.; Related Work: Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813. Vindication of the address to the inhabitants of the British settlements, on the slavery of the Negroes in America.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AC7 R8953 773ab copy 1; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AC7 R8953 773ab copy 2

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)