The American Debate over Slavery, 1760-1865

Abstract

Front Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication, Acknowledgments, and Note Regarding Transcriptions -- General Introduction -- Chapter One: 1760-1786 -- Introduction -- 1. Anthony Benezet, A Short Account of That Part of Africa Inhabited by the Negroes (1762) -- 2. Patrick Henry, Letter to Robert Pleasants (January 18, 1773) -- 3. Benjamin Rush, An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America on the Slavery of the Negroes in America (1773) -- 4. Richard Nisbet, Slavery Not Forbidden by Scripture, Or a Defense of the West Indian Planter (1773)