ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF BEAUFORT AND COLLETON DISTRICTS, UPON THE SUBJECT OF ABOLITION... JANUARY 15, 1838

pp. Disbound, lightly spotted, Good+. The South Carolina Congressman, the premiere Fire-Eater at th...

1838 · [Washington?

by Rhett, Robert Barnwell
[Washington?, 1838. 13, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound, lightly spotted, Good+.

The South Carolina Congressman, the premiere Fire-Eater at the forefront of the Southern Rights movement, favored secession as early as 1838, "the constitution of the United States having proved inadequate to protect the southern States in the peaceable enjoyment of their rights and property."
Rhett was a bit ahead of his time even in South Carolina, and issues this Address in order to explain himself. Within and without the halls of Congress, he asserts, Slavery is under attack. "A large body of citizens, consisting of one hundred and fifty thousand, organized into (truncated)
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