John Rankin's Letters on American Slavery excerpts

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Letters  on American Slavery
Addressed to Mr ._Thpj3g&g_£ankin,
Merchant at MlddjLebrook,
Augusta Co., Va .
by
John Rankin
Castor of the  rresbyterian Churches  of ^Ipley &
StraitiCreek, Brown County,  Ohio.
5th Edition.
Boston
Published by Issac     Knapp,
1838.
Preface
The  following letters were  originally designed
for the benefit of the brother  to whom  they were addressed.    For his   convenience  they were  Inserted In
the  Castlgator, & by that means  were  first brought
to public  view.
The  solicitations  of a  few   friends,   in connection
with the   desire  of aiding & encouraging every effort
for  the  liberation of the  enslaved & degraded Africans,
were the means  of bringing them before  the public x x
2nd time,  & in another form.
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