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Benjamin Rush. Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlement in America upon Slave-keeping. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (14)
[Digital ID# us0014]

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In 1773, Dr. Benjamin Rush (1746—1813), a Philadelphia physician and revolutionary, wrote this pamphlet denouncing slavery and the slave trade. The next year, Rush was among the founders of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.