1847 CHRISTIANIZING SLAVES. On the Religious Instruction of Negroes & 25 Others. Fine Sammelband.

An absolutely exceptional sammelband of volumes related to slavery, abolition, the Fugitive Slave Act, etc. Of special note is the 1847 imprint of C. C. Jones' very desirable On the Religious Instruction of Negroes. Also Thornwell on the Rights and Duties of Slave Masters and several works on the 1850 Act. 

Items include:

Boardman, Henry A. The American Union: A Discourse Delivered on Thursday, December 12, 1850, The Day of the Annual Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania, and Repeated on Thursday, December 19, in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. By Henry A. Boardman, D.D. Second Thousand. Philadelphia. Lippincott, Grambo and Co. 1851. 56pp.

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Thornwell, R. H. The Rights and the Duties of Masters. A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of a Church, Erected in Charleston, S. C., for the Benefit and Instruction of the Colored Population. Charleston. Steam Powered Press of Walker & James. 1850. 51pp.

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Jones, Charles Colcock. Suggestions on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the Southern States; Together with an Appendix Containing Forms of Church Registers, Form of a Constitution, and Plans of Different Denominations of Christians. Philadelphia. Presbyterian Board of Publication. 1847. 56pp.

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Furness, W. H. An Address Delivered Before a Meeting of the Members and friends of the Anti Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society During the Annual Fair December 19, 1849. Philadelphia. Marrihew & Thompson, Printers. 1850. 16pp.

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Lord, Willis. The Christian Minister in the Pulpit; an Inaugural Discourse, by Rev. Willis Lord, D. D.: Preached on the Occasion of His Entering Upon the Pastoral Charge of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, December 28, 1851. Cincinnati. John D. Thorpe. 1852. 27pp.

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Thornwell, J. H. A Tract on the Doctrines of Election and Reprobation. Columbia. Printed and Published by Samuel Weir. 1840. 56pp.

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Coit, J. C. The Substance of a Discourse Delivered Upon the Occasion of the "Semi-Centenary Celebration," on the Second Sabbath in December 1839, before the Presbyterian Church in Cheraw, S. C. by J. C. Coit, Pastor. Prepared for the Press, and Published by the Author as a Testimony Against the Established Religion in the United States. Columbia. Printerd by Samuel Weir. 1840. 72pp.

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M'Donald, Wm. K. An Address Delivered Before the Literary Societies of Washington College, at the Annual Commencement, Sept. 23, 1851. By Wm. K. M'Donald, Esq., of Newark, N. J. Washington, PA. Printed at the Reporter Office. 1851. 18pp.

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M'Knight John. The Call, Qualifications and Responsibilities of the Ministerial Office. A Sermon. Delivered Before the Synod of Pennsylvania at the Opening of their Sessions, October, 1850, by John M'Knight, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Hamiltonville, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. I. Ashmead, Printer. 1851. 20pp. 

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Rogers, Molton, C. Case of the Walnut Street Church, Philadelphia. Opinion of Judge Rogers, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the Case of Skilton and Others Verses Webster and Others. G. M. Wharton and W. M. Meredith fot he Complaintants, and S. H. Perkins for the Defendants. Philadelphia. Nd. 12pp.

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McLean, D. V. An Address Delivered by the Rev. D. V. McLean, D. D. At his Inauguration as President of Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1851. To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Address by the Hon. James M. Porter, LL. D. President of the Board of Trustees. Published by the Board of Trustees. Philadelphia. Wm. S. Martien. 1851. 41pp.

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Porter, T. C. An Address Delivered Before the Frederick Female Seminary at It's Annual Commencement, July 11th, 1850, by Rev. T. C. Porter, A. M., Prof. Nat. Science, Marshall College, PA. Frederick, MD. Schley & Haller. 1850. 15pp.

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Anonymous. The Theology of the Intellect and Feelings. Reply to Professor Park's Article in the Bibliotheca Sacra and Biblical Repository for January 1851. Reprinted from the Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review for April 1851. Philadelphia. Wm. H. Mitchell. 1851. 44pp.

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Elliot, David. An Introductory Address, Delivered at the Inauguration of James Clark, D. D. As President of Washington College, Pennsylvania, September 24th, 1850, by the Rev. David Elliot, D. D. President of the Board of Trustees. 22pp.

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Webster, C. Sons of Zion. A Sermon Preached at Mercersburgh, PA., June, 1849. By C. Webster, Pastor of the Associate Congregation in Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Kiong & Baird, English and German Printers. 1849. 22pp.

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Knox, James.The Place of God's Manifested Presence Sacred and Holy. A Sermon, Delivered on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Congregational Church, In Bethe, Conn., Thursday, June 1st, 1843. New York. Printed by S. W. Benedict & Co. 1843. 20pp.

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Dow, E. Dean. Parents and their Daughters or a Concise View of Female Education and the True Notion of Parental Responsibility. By E. Dean Dow, Principal of the Mercersburg Female Institute. Philadelphia/ c. Sherman, Printer. 1849. 40pp.

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Anonymous. A Cheap Religious Newspaper, Adapted to General Circulation in the Presbyterian Church. 1851. 16pp.

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Smylie, James. Brief History of the Trial of the Rev. William A. Scott, D. D. From Its Commencement Before the Late Presbytery of the New Orleans, in July, 1845, to its "Termination" by the General Assembly, in May, 1847. With Important Documents and Grave Disclosures Never Before Published. by James Smylie, A Member of the Presbytery of Louisiana. New Orleans. Printed for the Author. 1847. 74pp.

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Court, Rev. John H. Van. Review of Ecclesiastical Proceedings Connected with the Complants of Rev. John A. Smylie, Against the Presbytery of Louisiana, and Synod of Mississippi. Baton Rouge. Printed at the "Democratic Advocate" Office. 1850. 56pp.

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Spencer, Ichabod S. Fugitive Slave Law. Religous Duty of Obedience to Law: A Sermon Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church in Brooklyne, Nov. 24, 1850. New York. Published by M. W. Dodd. 1850. 31pp.

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Lord, John C. "The Higher Law,' In Its Application to The Fugitive Slave Bill. A Sermon on the Duties Men Owe to God and to Governments. Delivered at the Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, on Thanksgiving-Day. By John C. Lord, D.D., (Pastor of Said Church,) Author of "Lectures on Government and Civilization.". New York. Published by Order of the "Union Safety Committee." 1851. 16pp.

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Krebs, John M. The American Citizen. A Discourse on the Nature and Extent of Our Religious Subjection to the Government Under which we Live: Including and Inquiry into the Scriptural Authority of that Provision of the Constitution of the United States, Which Requires the Surrender of Fugitive Slaves. Delivered in the Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church, In the City of New York on Thanksgiving Day, December 12, 1850. And Afterwards at their Request, as a Lecture Before the Young Men's Associations of Albany and Waterford, N. Y., on January 14th and 15th, 1851. New York. Charles Scribner. 1851. 40pp.

A very good copy, bound in half leather, generally solid, with light to moderate foxing.