The Rights and Duties of Masters. A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of a Church, Erected in Charleston, S. C., for the Benefit and Instruction of the Coloured Population.

Pamphlet, 8vo, removed, disbound, 51 pp. Disbound, modern somewhat crude tape repairs to spine, ink stain in lower right corner throughout, a few chips at extremities, some minor foxing; still a decent copy. James Henley Thornwell (1812-1862) was a Presbyterian minister and educator born in the Marlboro District of South Carolina. He was educated at the Andover Theological Seminary and the Harvard Divinity School, and in 1835 he became the pastor at a new Presbyterian church in Lancasterville, South Carolina. The basic premise of this work is a justification for slavery. Thornwell uses scripture and religious to justify slavery, and to even address some of the arguments of abolitionists. He also appears to suggest that we are doing slaves a favor, and will earn their gratitude if we bring them to god, "They will feel that those are not tyrants who are striving to bring them to God." ANB. Sabin 95649. Work p 215.