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Collection Reference Number GLC06190
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1858 
Title Ought American slavery be perpetuated? A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne
Date 1858
Author Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877)  
Document Type Book
Content Description First edition. Published by J. B. Lippincott. Debate held in Philadelphia, September 1858. Contains a frontispiece engraving of Brownlow. 305 pages of text followed by six pages of advertisements.
Subjects Slavery  African American History  Abolition  Religion  Journalism  
People Brownlow, William Gannaway (1805-1877)  Lippincott, J. B. (Joshua Ballinger) (1813-1886)  Pryne, A. (fl. 1858)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Religion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Brownlow served as Governor of Tennessee 1865-1869 and United States Senator from Tennessee 1869-1874. He did not oppose slavery, but strongly opposed secession. Abraham Pryne was editor of an antislavery paper, The Central Reformer.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859