A Treatise on Southern Institutions; Errors of Northern Fanatics Exposed, ETC., by a Delineation of Facts: The Result of the Harper's Ferry Insurrection, Its Tendency, &c.

A Treatise on Southern Institutions; Errors of Northern Fanatics Exposed, ETC., by a Delineation of Facts: The Result of the Harper's Ferry Insurrection, Its Tendency, &c.

In this pamphlet A. F. Ennis, a northerner, defends the rights of slaveholders.  In the opening paragraphs Ennis admits that "slavery in itself, may be an evil and a sin to be deplored," but states that he is "convinced that to let things well enough alone is the best maxim."...

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Date:1860
Call Number:E 441 .A58 v.121 no.7
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/10966
Summary: In this pamphlet A. F. Ennis, a northerner, defends the rights of slaveholders.  In the opening paragraphs Ennis admits that "slavery in itself, may be an evil and a sin to be deplored," but states that he is "convinced that to let things well enough alone is the best maxim."  Passages in the pamphlet show that Ennis was detained in Virginia under suspician of abolitionist actions.  He proceeds to offer a "Lecture on Slavery" which ostensibly examines "impartially the true condition of the African race." Item was published by Sherwood & Co. of Baltimore, Maryland. 

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