A discourse upon extortion : wherein is shewn, I. What extortion is. II. How extortion is practiced. III. That enslaving of fellow-creatures is the worst kind of extortion. IV. That by enslaving the Negroes, the American states are become guilty of the worst kind of extortion. V. What the will of Christ is concerning extortioners in the church. VI. An address to the Honorable American Congress. VII. An address to the rulers of America, both legislative and executive. VIII. An address to the ministers of Christ in America. IX. An address to the people of America. X. An address to the Negro slaves in America. / By Isaac Foster, A.M. Pastor of a church in Stafford. ; [Nine lines of quotations].
| Author/creator | Foster, Isaac |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hartford : Printed by Ebenezer Watson, near the great bridge, 1777. |
| Description | 16+ pages ; 22 cm (4to) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43249. ^A478749 |
| General note | The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is imperfect. |
| References | Bristol B4465 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 43249 |
| References | Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 725 |
| References | Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut (suppl.), 2070 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43249). |
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