GLC06610: St. George Tucker A Dissertation on slavery with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it..., 1796.: Page #2
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A DISSERTATION ON SLAVERY: WITH A PROPOSAL FOR THE GRADUAL ABOLITION OF IT, IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
By ST. GEORGE TUCKER, PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WILLIAM AND MARY, AND ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE GENERAL COURT, IN VIRGINIA.
"Slavery not only violates the Laws of Nature, and of civil Society, it also wounds the best Form of Government; in a Democracy, where all Men are equal, Slavery is contrary to the Spirit of the Constitution." MONTESQUIEU
PHILADELPHIA; PRINTED FOR MATHEW CAREY. No 118, MARKET-STREET.
1796.