1351813 LETTER OF GERRIT SMITH TO S. P. CHASE, ON THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF EVERY PART OF AMERICAN SLAVERY. Gerrit Smith.
LETTER OF GERRIT SMITH TO S. P. CHASE, ON THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF EVERY PART OF AMERICAN SLAVERY

LETTER OF GERRIT SMITH TO S. P. CHASE, ON THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF EVERY PART OF AMERICAN SLAVERY

Albany, NY: S. W. Green, Patriot Office, 1847. Presumed First Edition. 18mo, 12 pages; VG-; softcover; stitched pamphlet, with original stitching; Sabin no. 82646; mild wear and soiling; some foxing to pages; no marginalia or underlining; Smith writes, "I have, for many years, seen on the face of the Constitution power to abolish every part of American Slavery"; RW consignment; shelved Case 8 1/2.

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NOTES

This letter between Liberty Party members Gerrit Smith and Salmon Portland Chase outlines Smith's belief that the American Constitution can be read to support both the abolition of the transatlantic and inter-state slave trade.

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