Very rare Charleston imprint of The Minority Report, written by the committee's lone dissenter, James J. Pettigrew, himself a future Confederate general, killed during the Civil War
The Majority report, to which the present replies, contained perhaps the most rabid pro-slavery articulation of the era to be found in a formal Governmental document. As Gov. Adams declared: "The outward pressure against the institution of slavery should prompt us to do all we can to fortify it within." And defend it they did!
Last offered by M & S Rare Books, 2008, for $650. Scarce.
Pettigrew, James J. Report of the Minority of the Special Committee of Seven, To Whom Was Referred So Much of Gov. Adam's Message, No. 1, As Relates to Slavery and the Slave Trade. Charleston. Harper & Calvo, Printers. 1858. 40pp.
A very good copy, bound in wraps, generally solid, with light foxing. Minor ex library stamps.
