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Title

Address to the People of West Virginia: Shewing that Slavery is Injurious to the Public Welfare, and that It May Be Gradually Abolished Without Detriment to the Rights and Interests of Slave Holders / By a Slaveholder of West Virginia

Authors

Henry Ruffner

Files

Description

In 1847, Ruffner delivered an anti-slavery address before the Franklin Society at Washington College; he was the school’s president at the time. It was revised for publication later that year, having been “enriched and strengthened” by the “impressive views” of others; in 1933, it was reprinted by The Green Bookman in Bridgewater, Virginia.

Publication Date

1847

Publisher

R. C. Noel

City

Lexington, VA

Keywords

Appalachia, Virginia, Henry Ruffner, Presbyterian Church, Sermons

Disciplines

Appalachian Studies | Digital Humanities | Other Religion | Rhetoric

Comments

The physical copy is housed in Marshall’s Special Collections Department. Like all books published in the United States in the 19th century, it is in the public domain.

Recommended Citation

Ruffner, Henry, "Address to the People of West Virginia: Shewing that Slavery is Injurious to the Public Welfare, and that It May Be Gradually Abolished Without Detriment to the Rights and Interests of Slave Holders / By a Slaveholder of West Virginia" (1847). Ruffner, Henry, 1790-1861. 1.
https://mds.marshall.edu/ruffner_henry/1