The Bible Views of Slavery Reconsidered: A Letter to the Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins

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A pamphlet titled, “The Bible Views of Slavery Reconsidered: A Letter to the Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins.” The rectangular pamphlet has white paper front and back covers, white interior pages with black type, and sewn through the fold. The front cover has the title written in a font with varying sizes that reads [THE BIBLE VIEWS / OF / SLAVERY RECONSIDERED. / A LETTER / TO THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP HOPKINS]. The undated booklet has fifteen pages including title page. The pamphlet consists of a printed letter, signed with the pseudonym "Biblicus,” and is directed to Hopkins. The letter offers a point-by-point argument against a pamphlet written by Hopkins that proposes biblical justifications for slavery. The pamphlet is fifteen pages. The back cover is blank.

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