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PALMER, B[ENJAMIN] M. The South: Her Peril and Her Duty. A Discourse, Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans...November 29, 1860. [Wrapper title]. New Orleans, [La.]: Office of the True Witness and Sentinel, 1860. 1st ed. 8vo. 16 pp. Orig. printed wrappers. $250.00
Jumonville 2984. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana Catalogue, 7388. A pro-slavery tract. Duty requires the South "to conserve and perpetuate the institution of domestic slavery as now exisiting....in this great struggle, we defend the cause of God and religion. The abolition spirit is undeniably atheistic." Palmer was editor of The Southern Presbyterian Review, and in 1882 associated with the founding of Tulane University. Rare. See DAB.