2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
October 1863, "BIBLE VIEW OF SLAVERY, EXAMINED," Published by The Loyal Publication Society, New York, Choice Very Fine. No. 39 of a series by the Loyal Publication Society, this pamphlet features an "examination" by Henry Drisler of a questionable position by Bishop John Hopkins of Vermont, who finds Biblical justification for slavery. 9" x 5.5," 20-page pamphlet with minor foxing. The Loyal Publication Society was a high-powered organization founded in New York City in early 1863 to distribute widely pamphlets "of unquestionable and unconditional loyalty" to the Union cause, in order to influence public opinion for the Union and the Republican Party. The "tracts" were placed in public places, distributed free at military hospitals and to the armed forces. Francis Lieber was the president of the organization and various authors sympathetic to the association provided texts. An interesting slice of public opinion peddling from the Civil War era.
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