The Great Future of America and Africa; An Essay Showing Our Whole Duty to the Black Man, Consistent with Our Own Safety and Glory
by DEWEES, Jacob
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by H. Orr, 1854. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; x,[11]-236pp. Some brief chipping of cloth at corners and spine ends, boards very slightly bowed, textblock a bit foxed throughout, else a Very Good copy overall. Lengthy essay by a Pennsylvania medical doctor addressed to "the white race and the free Negro of the United States," calling for the eventual emancipation of all African Americans, though explicitly stating that abolition asks "of the master sacrifices that never will be--never can be made." Instead, Dewees proposes the full exodus of African Americans back to the African continent over the span of a hundred years, claiming that this is the most "philanthropic" solution to slavery in the United States. SABIN 19840; not in Work.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43948
- Title
- The Great Future of America and Africa; An Essay Showing Our Whole Duty to the Black Man, Consistent with Our Own Safety and Glory
- Author
- DEWEES, Jacob
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author by H. Orr
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1854
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana; Africa;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Chipping
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....