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Letter from Gen. C.F. Henningsen in Reply to the Letter of Victor Hugo on the Harper's Ferry Invasion; With an Extract from the Letter of the Rev. Nathan Lord, D.D. President of Dartmouth College, N.H.; and an Article From the London Times on Slavery
In this pamphlet General C. F. Henningsen responded to a letter written by Victor Hugo in defense of John Brown's actions at Harper's Ferry. In addition to suggesting Brown's life be spared, Hugo urged the United States to abolish slavery. Henningsen defended slavery as necce...
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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Call Number: | E 441 .A58 v.121 no.9 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/10967 |
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In this pamphlet General C. F. Henningsen responded to a letter written by Victor Hugo in defense of John Brown's actions at Harper's Ferry. In addition to suggesting Brown's life be spared, Hugo urged the United States to abolish slavery. Henningsen defended slavery as neccesary for economic and social prosperity, and argued that people of African descent were ill-suited to freedom. |
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