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The higher law, in its relations to civil government : with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law
- Title
- The higher law, in its relations to civil government : with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law / by William Hosmer.
- Author
- Hosmer, William.
- Publication
- Auburn [N.Y.] : Derby & Miller, 1852.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 326.4-H (Hosmer, W. The higher law, in its relations) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- ix, [4], 14-204 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 19 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Note
- With a frontispiece portrait of William H. Seward, signed: Engraved by J.C. Buttre.
- "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by William Hosmer, in the Clerk's Office of the Northern District of New-York."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. The higher law -- ch. 3. Civil government -- ch. 4. Limitations of civil government -- ch. 5. The powers of civil government -- ch. 6. Obedience to civil government -- ch. 7. Improvements in civil government -- ch. 8. Slavery -- ch. 9. Effects of slavery -- ch. 10. Slavery a crime -- ch. 11. Apologies for slavery -- ch. 12. Government and religion subversive of slavery -- ch. 13. Capacity of slaves for civil government -- ch. 14. The Fugitive Slave Law -- ch. 15. Constitutions and compromises -- ch. 16. Effects of slavery on the free states -- ch. 17. Possible results -- ch. 18. The conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.4-H (Hosmer, W. The higher law, in its relations)
- LCCN
- 11009338
- OCLC
- 5999334
- Author
- Hosmer, William.
- Title
- The higher law, in its relations to civil government : with particular reference to slavery, and the fugitive slave law / by William Hosmer.
- Imprint
- Auburn [N.Y.] : Derby & Miller, 1852.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-H (accession no. B513233) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Sc Rare 326.4-H is from the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection.
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- Added Author
- Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver.Derby and Miller, publisher.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.4-H (Hosmer, W. The higher law, in its relations)SEKK (Hosmer, W. Higher law)