Miscellaneous writings on slavery / by William Jay
- Author
- Jay, William, 1789-1858
- Published
- New York : Negro Universities Press, [1968].
- Physical Description
- 670 p. : port. ; 23 cm.
- Contents
- Inquiry into the character and tendency of the American colonization and American anti-slavery societies -- A view of the action of the Federal Government, in behalf of slavery -- On the condition of the free people of color in the United States -- Address to the friends of constitutional liberty, on the violation by the United States House of Representatives of the right of petition -- Introductory remarks to the reproof of the American church contained in the recent "History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America," by the Bishop of Oxford -- A letter to the Right Rev. L. Silliman Ives, Bishop of the Protestant Church in the state of North Carolina -- Address to the inhabitants of New Mexico and California, on the omission by Congress to provide them with territorial governments, and on the social and political evils of slavery -- Letter to Hon. William Nelson, M.C., on Mr. Clay's compromise -- A letter to the Hon. Samuel A. Eliot, Representative in Congress from the city of Boston, in reply to his apology for voting for the Fugitive slave bill -- An address to the anti-slavery Christians of the United States. Signed by a number of clergymen and others -- Letter to Rev. R. S. Cook, corresponding secretary of the American Tract Society -- Letter to Lewis Tappan, Esq., treasurer of the American Missionary Association.
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Charles L. Blockson Collection of African Americana and the African Diaspora.
- Note
- Frontispiece: portrait of the author with facsimile signature.
Reprint of the 1853 ed. originally published by John P. Hewett & Co.
Includes index. - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references in footnotes.
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