Manuel 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 Black mariners who washed up on the state's shores. Manuel Pereira is a novel about "an olive-skinned native of Brazil who has no African blood," yet finds himself caught up in South Carolina's slavery system. Szczesiul p114. Four pages of publisher's advertisement preceding text including an advertisement for the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society's American Slave Code. Light scattered foxing to interior, minor rubbing to edges of text block, light soiling and a bit of wear and shipping to fragile original wrappers, front wrapper reattached to text block. Item #10430
Price: $150.00