Author: E.N. Elliott, ed
Title: Cotton Is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments: Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on This Important Subject
Description: Augusta, GA, Pritchard, Abbott & Loomis, 1860. 1st Edition. Leather. 908p; 4p ads. A thick hardcover book bound in full, embossed leather with marbled edges and endpapers. Very good condition for its age! Edges scuffed; surfaces of boards and spine are chafed; spine text is still faintly legible. All pages foxed, but the text is otherwise clean, and the binding is tight. The RARE first edition of this anthology of arguments in favor of slavery, published on the eve of the Civil War. The various Southern contributors offer a myriad of economic, moral, and biblical bases for slavery as a fair and beneficient institution. There are also chapters commenting on the Dred Scott decision and critiquing the objections of Abolitionists. Very Good .

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