A Portrait of Domestic Slavery in the United States, by Jesse Torrey (1817)
At the age of 17 years, convinced of the inestimable benefits of reading useful books, I anxiously desired that they might, if possible, be extended to the great mass of the human family; and endeavored to discover some effective plan for this purpose. . . . Hence the suggestion occurred that governments, or associations of... Continue reading “A Portrait of Domestic Slavery in the United States, by Jesse Torrey (1817)” ›