Slavery & Abolition in the US
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Ruffin, Edmund
Ruffin, Edmund. The Political Economy of Slavery; or, The Institution Considered in Regard to its Influence on Public Wealth and General Welfare. Washington, DC: Lemuel Towers, 1857.
Ruffin argues that, because people of African heritage are inferior, it is in the best interest of society to continue slavery in America.
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