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Title

Slavery, and the remedy, or, Principles and suggestions for a remedial code / by Samuel Nott ; with a review of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott.

Author

Nott, Samuel, 1788-1869

Publication

• New York : D. Appleton & Company ; Boston : Crocker and Brewster, 1857.
• ©1855

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Details

Description

[4], 137, [1] pages; 21 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Alternative Title

• Slavery, and the remedy
• Principles and suggestions for a remedial code

Subjects

• Slavery > Justification
• Scott, Dred, 1809-1858
• Citizenship
• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• United States > Supreme Court
• Slavery > Law and legislation > United States
• Slavery > United States > History
• Slavery > United States > Controversial literature

Genre/Form

Ink stamps (Provenance)

Note

• First published 1856.
• An argument for ameliorated slavery, not unconditional abolition.
• In printed paper wrappers.
• Pages [1]-[3], first count; and last page, are blank.
• "Notice. The fifth edition is presented simultaneously to many public officers, editors, and citizens throughout the United States ..."--page [4], first count.
• Remainder of title "... with a review of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott" follows edition statement on title page.
• "Advertisement to the fourth edition"--verso of title page.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by Crocker and Brewster, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts."--copyright statement, verso of title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Provenance (note)

• with the ink stamp on recto of upper wrapper "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Admissions, denials, distinctions -- ch. 2. The problem of Africa in America -- ch. 3. Climate and productions ; Original and actual condition -- ch. 4. The question turned to well-being -- ch. 5. American experiments with barbarism -- ch. 6. European experiments with serfdom -- ch. 7. The responsibility -- ch. 8. Irresponsiblity of the United States -- ch. 9. Union by separation -- ch. 10. The law of equal forces -- ch. 11. Advantages of state supremacy -- ch. 12. The common territories and free soil -- ch. 13. Suggestions for a remedial code -- Review of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.7-N (Nott, S. Slavery and the remedy. 1857)

LCCN

11010304

OCLC

5856621

Author

Nott, Samuel, 1788-1869, author.

Title

Slavery, and the remedy, or, Principles and suggestions for a remedial code / by Samuel Nott ; with a review of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott.

Publisher

New York : D. Appleton & Company ; Boston : Crocker and Brewster, 1857.

Copyright Date

©1855,

Edition

Fifth edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.7-N (accession no. B880392) with the ink stamp on recto of upper wrapper "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 326.7-N bound with: Nott, Samuel. The present crisis : with a reply and appeal to European advisers ... Boston : Crocker and Brewster, 1860.

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Added Author

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.7-N (Nott, S. Slavery and the remedy. 1857)