1864
by Washburn, Emory
1864. Washburn, Emory, [1800-1877]. Extinction of Villenage and Slavery in England: With Somerset's Case: A Paper Read Before the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1864. 21 pp. Printed wrappers. Moderately worn and soiled with fading to front cover. Author's presentation inscription "[NE Hist & Gene Society]/ with the respect of/ Emory Washburn" to cover. Internally clean. $125. * Emory Washburn [1800-1877] was an American lawyer, historian, faculty member of Harvard Law School and Governor of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855. "What, at first sight, might seem to be a little remarkable, is, that while it is , at a certain time, assumed that slavery does not and cannot exist in England, the history of a thousand years shows that it was once an existing institution there; and no statute can be traced, abolishing or declaring it unlawful" (Washburn, [3]).
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