Research Catalog

Title

Despotism in America, or An inquiry into the nature and results of the slave-holding system in the United States / by the author of "Archy Moore."

Author

Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865.

Publication

Boston : Mass. Anti-Slavery Society, 25 Cornhill ; New York : American Anti-Slavery Society, 143 Nassau St, 1840.

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Additional Authors

• Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.
• American Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.
• Geo. A. and J. Curtis's Type and Stereotype Foundry, stereotyper.

Description

vi, [1], 8-186, [6] p.; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

• Despotism in America
• Inquiry into the nature and results of the slave-holding system in the United States

Subject

• Slavery > United States > Controversial literature
• Slavery > United States > Controversial literature > 1840
• Slavery > Law and legislation > United States

Note

• Attributed to Richard Hildreth in Halkett & Laing.
• Edition statement precedes statement of responsibilty on title page.
• "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1840, by Richard Hildreth, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
• "Stereotyped by Geo. A. and J. Curtis, New-England Type and Stereotype Foundry."--stereotyper statement, verso of title page.
• Publisher's catalog on [4] p. at end.

Indexed In (note)

• Dumond, D.L. Bibliography of antislavery in America
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

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

Contents

Introduction -- ch. 1. The relation of master and slave -- ch. 2. Political results of the slave-holding system -- ch. 3. Economical results of the slave-holding system -- ch. 4. Personal results of the slave-holding system -- Conclusion.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-H (Hildreth, R. Despotism in America. 1840)

LCCN

11009324

OCLC

• 3618494
• 4520161
• NYPGR4520161-B

Author

Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865.

Title

Despotism in America, or An inquiry into the nature and results of the slave-holding system in the United States / by the author of "Archy Moore."

Imprint

Boston : Mass. Anti-Slavery Society, 25 Cornhill ; New York : American Anti-Slavery Society, 143 Nassau St, 1840.

Edition

Second edition.

Indexed In:

Dumond, D.L. Bibliography of antislavery in America, p. 65

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 4794

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-H (accession no. B628589) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-H imperfect; lacking [6] p. at end. NN

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Added Author

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.

American Anti-Slavery Society, publisher.

Geo. A. and J. Curtis's Type and Stereotype Foundry, stereotyper.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.4-H (Hildreth, R. Despotism in America. 1840)

IIR (Hildreth, R. Despotism in America. 1840)