1851 SLAVERY & NORTH CAROLINA. Negroes Taxed, but not Represented? Constitutional Crisis. Evangelical and other aspects of social

and other aspects of social history

generally solid and crisp

heavy 8vo volumes in full calf with beveled boards

because it forced slaves to work as apprentices for six years after their "liberation

There seems no way of escape for us without more funds than we have to spare so we must resign our lives and wait

1851 SLAVERY & NORTH CAROLINA. Negroes Taxed, but not Represented? Constitutional Crisis. Evangelical and other aspects of socialAn exceptionally rare item relating to the desire of North Carolina to renegotiate how "free negroes" and "slaves" affected the allocation of representatives to the State Legislature. The complete speeches are included and clearly indicate a state on the verge of crisis, with "taxation without representation" and 1776 language being used since men were "taxed" on their slaves, but received no additional representation, etc., while the other side