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1862 Slave Power American CIVIL WAR Slavery Abolition Conspiracy John Cairnes
1862 Slave Power American CIVIL WAR Slavery Abolition Conspiracy John Cairnes
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1862 Slave Power American CIVIL WAR Slavery Abolition Conspiracy John Cairnes



“The opinions expressed by Cairnes as to the probable issue of American Civil War were largely verified by the actual course of events, and the appearance of the book had a marked influence on the attitude taken by serious political thinkers in England towards the Confederate States of America." (Encycl. Brit.)



While slavery in itself was highly detested by half of the United States in the early 19th-century, many Americans, both slave and free, perceived that a small group of wealthy slave owners had significant political power, which helped them control portions of the government. This Slave Power movement was dismissed by many southerners as being true, and Civil War destroyed all that was left of Slave Power, as abolitionists helped erase the influence of wealthy slave owners. This 1862 American edition of J.E. Cairnes work on Slave Power, offered the public the opportunity to gain an understanding of the corruption in wealthy slave owners, albeit a conspiracy or not.



Nevins says of this work:

“This Irish legal scholar asserted that the best interests of mankind rested on a thorough defeat of the South and the eradication of slavery.”



Item number: #22669

Price: $499



CAIRNES, John Elliot



The slave power : its character, career, et probable designs: being an attempt to explain the real issues involved in the American contest



New York: Carleton, 1862.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xv, [2], 18-171, [1]

References: Sabin 9856; Nevins I, 249;

Provenance: Handwritten – Eugene Hull

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Brown cloth

Size: ~9.5in X 6in (23.5cm x 15.5cm)



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