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The higher law, in its relations to civil government : with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law

Title: The higher law, in its relations to civil government : with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law / by William Hosmer.
Author: Hosmer, William.
Publication: Auburn [N.Y.] : Derby & Miller, 1852.

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ix, [4], 14-204 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 19 cm

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Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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With a frontispiece portrait of William H. Seward, signed: Engraved by J.C. Buttre.
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by William Hosmer, in the Clerk's Office of the Northern District of New-York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.

Provenance (note)

is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. The higher law -- ch. 3. Civil government -- ch. 4. Limitations of civil government -- ch. 5. The powers of civil government -- ch. 6. Obedience to civil government -- ch. 7. Improvements in civil government -- ch. 8. Slavery -- ch. 9. Effects of slavery -- ch. 10. Slavery a crime -- ch. 11. Apologies for slavery -- ch. 12. Government and religion subversive of slavery -- ch. 13. Capacity of slaves for civil government -- ch. 14. The Fugitive Slave Law -- ch. 15. Constitutions and compromises -- ch. 16. Effects of slavery on the free states -- ch. 17. Possible results -- ch. 18. The conclusion.

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Sc Rare 326.4-H (Hosmer, W. The higher law, in its relations)

LCCN

11009338

OCLC

5999334

Author

Hosmer, William.

Title

The higher law, in its relations to civil government : with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law / by William Hosmer.

Imprint

Auburn [N.Y.] : Derby & Miller, 1852.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-H (accession no. B513233) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-H is from the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection.

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Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver.

Derby and Miller, publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-H (Hosmer, W. The higher law, in its relations)

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