1354276 A Dissertation on Slavery with A Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of It, in the State of Virginia [George Upshur's Copy]. St. George Tucker.
A Dissertation on Slavery with A Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of It, in the State of Virginia [George Upshur's Copy]
A Dissertation on Slavery with A Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of It, in the State of Virginia [George Upshur's Copy]
A Dissertation on Slavery with A Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of It, in the State of Virginia [George Upshur's Copy]

A Dissertation on Slavery with A Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of It, in the State of Virginia [George Upshur's Copy]

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1796. First Edition. 8vo., 106 pages; G; Housed in brown cloth clamshell case, with morocco "spine label" and gilt lettering; Calf bound with morocco label on spine; Front board nearly separated from binding, and moderate wear to corners of front abd back boards; Textblocks show moderate age-toning and light foxing to edges, with minor age-toning to pages interiorly; Signature of US Navy Commander George P. Upshur appears on the front pastedown ("G. P. Upshur / U.S. Navy") and on sfep ("George P. Upshur / U.S. Navy / Dec. 1836"); Signatures of two other previous owners appear on the titlepage.; shelved case 7.

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St. George Tucker was a prominent Virginian lawyer and constitutional commentator. In 1796 he submitted a proposal to the Virginia Assembly for the gradual abolition of slavery, saying that abolition was of "the first importance, not only to (Virginians') moral character and domestic peace, but even to our political salvation." George Upshur was a member of a prominent Viginia slaveholding family, who spent his life in the US Navy. His brother, Abel Upshur, was a politician who argued for slavery and states rights, and was instrumental in securing Texas' admission to the Union as a slave state.

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