Item 10430Manuel Pereira; or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina. With Views of Southern Laws, Life, and Hospitality.
Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1853. 302p. Original wrappers. First edition of this scarce anti-slavery novel focusing on South Carolina and a law that forced stranded mariners with darker skin into slavery. Written by abolitionist F.C. Adams as a biting critique of a South Carolina law that required the imprisonment of.....
