Slavery - United States - Early works to 1800

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A discourse upon the slave-trade, and the slavery of the Africans : Delivered in the Baptist meeting-house at Providence, before the Providence Society for Abolishing the Slave-Trade, &c. At their annual meeting, on May 17, 1793. By Samuel Hopkins, D.D. Pastor of First Congregational Church in Newport, and member of said society.
Hopkins, Samuel 1721-1803.Date: 1793
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On the inhumanity of the slave-trade, and the importance of correcting it : A sermon, delivered in the Second Congregational Church, Newport, Rhode-Island, August 12, 1792. By William Patten, A.M. Minister of said church. [Five lines of Scripture texts].
Patten, William 1763-1839.Date: 1793
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Extract of a letter to a gentleman in Maryland : wherein is demonstrated the extreme wickedness of tolerating the slave trade.
Sharp, Granville 1735-1813.Date: 1793
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An epistle of caution and advice concerning the buying and keeping of slaves
Date: 1754
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The appendix: or, Some observations on the expediency of the petition of the Africans, living in Boston, &c. lately presented to the General Assembly of this province . To which is annexed, the petition referred to. Likewise, thoughts on slavery. With a useful extract fro the Massachusetts spy, of January 28, 1773, by way of an address to the members of the assembly. By a lover of constitutional liberty.
Lover of constitutional libertyDate: 1773