by Howell Cobb
Originally Published in 1856
Reprint Edition, 2014
Paperback; 141 pages
 
The author of this book presents two propositions in the investigation of the institution of slavery as it existed in the United States: 1. Slavery is a punishment inflicted by God upon enslaved peoples or nations for their wickedness; and, 2. Slavery in this country was the providential means whereby the children of Africa were to be lifted from their deep degradation to a state of civil and religious liberty.