Bible Servitude Re-Examined; with Special Reference to Pro-Slavery Interpretations and Infidel Objections (Anti-Slavery Treatise)
Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, 8-284 (24)pp. Original brown cloth with blind-stamped emblem and ruling on cover, blind-stamped lettering and ruling on spine. Tan endpapers. "One of the most unfortunate and grievous mistakes of modern literature is the pro-slavery interpretation which has been given to the Holy Bible... Now, we think it can be proved and shown, beyond all dispute or question, that the only servitude approvingly alluded to in any part of the Old or New Testament, was a free or non-chattel servitude..." (Hatch). Extensive treatise on slavery and its references in the bible with a brief examination of some anti-slavery views and criticisms of anti-slavery views in concluding chapters. Includes twenty-four pages of Applegate & Co. advertisements for its publications at rear. Binding with some wear along edges, light scuffing and light fraying of head and tail of spine. Library sticker at spine, library stamps at top and bottom edge of block. Library bookplate on inside front, library pocket on inside back cover. Two inch closed tear at bottom gutter at inside front cover. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good condition. Scarce. g- to vg. Item #45964
Price: $450.00