A serious address to the rulers of America [electronic resource] : on the inconsistency of their conduct respecting slavery : forming a contrast between the encroachments of England on American liberty, and, American injustice in tolerating slavery.

A serious address to the rulers of America [electronic resource] : on the inconsistency of their conduct respecting slavery : forming a contrast between the encroachments of England on American liberty, and, American injustice in tolerating slavery.

Trenton : Printed by I. Collins, 1783.

English

1 online resource (22 p.).

Signed (p. 22): "A farmer. February, 1783."
By David Cooper; authorship " ... is mentioned in ... [his manuscript] diary under 1783." Cf. Quaker bibliographical notes, by H. J. Cadbury. (In Bulletin of Friends' historical association. 1937, v. 26, no. 1. p. 45-48).
Attributed to Anthony Benezet by both Sabin and Evans.
Reproduction of the original from the Boston Public Library.
"As for me, I will assuredly contend for full and impartial liberty, whether my labour may be successful or vain."

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