1851 SLAVERY & NORTH CAROLINA. Negroes Taxed, but not Represented? Constitutional Crisis. Irvingite Printer to the University

Printer to the University

400 + 80pp

Chip out of flared lip and two losses to lithographed label as shown

the voice of Parsons grew louder and clearer

1851 SLAVERY & NORTH CAROLINA. Negroes Taxed, but not Represented? Constitutional Crisis. Irvingite Printer to the UniversityAn exceptionally rare item relating to the desire of North Carolina to renegotiate how "free negroes" and "slaves" affected the allocation of representatives to the State Legislature. The complete speeches are included and clearly indicate a state on the verge of crisis, with "taxation without representation" and 1776 language being used since men were "taxed" on their slaves, but received no additional representation, etc., while the other side