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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06158.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | The interest in slavery of the Southern non-slaveholder. The right of peaceful secession. The character and influence of abolitionism. |
| Date | 1860 |
| Author | De Bow, J. D. B. (James Dunwoody Brownson) (1820-1867) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Printed by Evans & Cogswell. Stab-stitched. Debow, a publisher and statistician, issues a pro-slavery and pro-secession polemic. Tries to convince non-slaveholders to uphold the institution of their "section," the South. Uses several arguments to present his case, including: "The non-slaveholder knows that as soon as his savings will admit, he can relieve his wife from the necessities of the kitchen and the laundry, and his children from the labors of the field." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Secession Slavery African American History Abolition Children and Family Women's History Labor |
| People | De Bow, James Dunwoody Brownson (1820-1867) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |