Despotism in America: An Inquiry into the Nature, Results, and Legal Basis of the Slave-Holding System in the United States
Cleveland, OH: John P. Jewett and Company, 1854. 1st Edition. 8vo. A gorgeous 1st edition of this influential abolitionist tract, published less than a decade before the Civil War would break out. "Hildreth (1807 – 1865), was an American journalist, author and historian. He is best known for writing..... More