A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States
With Reflections on the Practicability (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States: With Reflections on the Practicability<br><br>BiSTftlCT Of rBNMBTTAMIA, t OwH: )LBe Uremembered That on the twenfy-6fth day of Jiunu ary, in the fortjr-firdt year of the Independence of the Uni I ted Statea of America, A.D. 1817, Jesse Torret, Jun. vwwK Physician, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Author, in the voids foHowing, to wit: A Portraltnre of Domestic Slavery, in the United States: with reflections on the practicability of restoring the uoral rights of the Slave, without impairing the legal privileges of the possessor; and a Project of a Colonial Asylum for Free Persons of Colour: including Memoirs of Facts on the interior Tn cm Slaves, and on Kidnapping. Illustrated with Engravings. By Jesse Torrey, jun. Physician. Author of a Series of Essays on Morals and the Diffusion of Knowledge. In conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, inM- tuled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned. And also to the act, entitled An act supplementary to an act, entitled An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charis, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and eitending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, aniraving and etching historical and other prints. D.Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.