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: M,DCC,XCIII. [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]
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An oration on domestic slavery : delivered at the North Meeting-House in Hartford, on the 12th day of May, A.D. 1791 : at the meeting of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage / by Zephaniah Swift.
Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823.Date: 1791
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Three letters from the Reverend Mr. G. Whitefield viz. Letter I. To a friend in London, concerning Archbishop Tillotson. Letter II. To the same, on the same subject. Letter III. To the inhabitants of Maryland, Virginia, North and South-Carolina, concerning their Negroes.
George WhitefieldDate: M,DCC,XL. [1740]