The United States Governed By Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery
The United States Governed By Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery
Logical arguments against slavery and the slave trade. Edwards advocates abolition of both in the U.S. and abroad. Appendix contains further arguments about manumission and alleged problem with it, especially in the South. Edwards was a Congregational minister and president of Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
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- 1822
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Slavery and abolitionAmerican SouthManumission
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(2025)
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