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Title

  • The Nutshell: the system of American slavery "tested by Scripture," being "a short method" with pro-slavery D.D.'s, whether doctors of divinity, or of democracy, embracing axioms of social, civil, and political economy, as divinely impressed upon the human conscience and set forth in divine revelation; in two lectures.

Names

  • Layman of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut.
  • African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York, Published for the Author, 1862.

Headings

  • -  Slavery--United States

Notes

  • -  LC copy lacks first page of supplmentary postscript following front cover (continuation of supplementary postscript on verso of back cover is present).
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 72 p. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .N97
  • E185 .A254 container N, no. 214 Another copy. Formerly part of YA Collection: YA 23886. Source unknown.
  • YA 25060 Copy no. undetermined.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12005595

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Layman Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The Diocese Of Connecticut, African American Pamphlet Collection, and Ya Pamphlet Collection. The Nutshell: the system of American slavery "tested by Scripture," being "a short method" with pro-slavery D.D.'s, whether doctors of divinity, or of democracy, embracing axioms of social, civil, and political economy, as divinely impressed upon the human conscience and set forth in divine revelation; in two lectures. New York, Published for the Author, 1862. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/12005595/.

APA citation style:

Layman Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The Diocese Of Connecticut, African American Pamphlet Collection & Ya Pamphlet Collection. (1862) The Nutshell: the system of American slavery "tested by Scripture," being "a short method" with pro-slavery D.D.'s, whether doctors of divinity, or of democracy, embracing axioms of social, civil, and political economy, as divinely impressed upon the human conscience and set forth in divine revelation; in two lectures. New York, Published for the Author. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12005595/.

MLA citation style:

Layman Of The Protestant Episcopal Church In The Diocese Of Connecticut, African American Pamphlet Collection, and Ya Pamphlet Collection. The Nutshell: the system of American slavery "tested by Scripture," being "a short method" with pro-slavery D.D.'s, whether doctors of divinity, or of democracy, embracing axioms of social, civil, and political economy, as divinely impressed upon the human conscience and set forth in divine revelation; in two lectures. New York, Published for the Author, 1862. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/12005595/>.