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Address to the people of West Virginia : shewing that slavery is injurious to the public welfare, and that it may be gradually abolished, without detriment to the rights and interests of slaveholders

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1847.
Call number: 75208
Creator: Ruffner, Henry (1790-1861)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 21 cm
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Address to the people of West Virginia : shewing that slavery is injurious to the public welfare, and that it may be gradually abolished, without detriment to the rights and interests of slaveholders

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An Appeal of the people of West Virginia, to Congress, for its immediate action, and their acceptance of the "Nation's proposal" for the gradual abolishment of slavery