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Breckinridge (Robert J.)

THE BLACK RACE: SOME REFLECTIONS ON ITS POSITION A DESTINY, AS CONNECTED WITH OUR AMERICAN DISPENSATION

A Discourse Delivered Before the Kentucky Colonization Society, at Frankfort, on the 6th Day of Feb. 1851

Published: A.G. Hodges & Co., Printers, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1851

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Sewn self-wrappers, outer leaves and edges lightly soiled, moderate foxing, damp staining but not affecting legibility. Top edges unopened. Good+

Pamphlet by one of the leaders of the Colonization movement which aimed to return people of African origin to Africa. Though Breckinridge advocated for the end of slavery, he favored a gradual approach and was a slave owner himself, and in 1833 had sent eleven of his own former slaves to the colony of Liberia – it was his belief that gradual return of Black people to Africa would be the only long-term societal solution to the problem of slavery.

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  • Binding Condition: Good+
  • Overall Condition: Good+
  • Size: 8o (250 x 160 mm)
  • Sold By: Tristan Navarro Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tristan Navarro
  • Country: United States
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