# Slavery in Maryland briefly considered

Author: Carey, John L., -1852

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68731

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## Summary

DEAR SIR,--A short time before the October election, I heard some one say that it was your intention to devote much of your time, should you be elected to the House of Delegates, to the subject of the black population of our State, and to promote, if possible, measures for their gradual emancipation. It gave me, a slaveholder and citizen of Maryland, infinite pleasure to hear it; and it was with the deepest regret I learned soon after that you were not returned to the house. If I have been correctly informed, I beg leave to say I honor you for your sentiment, and I hope you will not allow so good a resolution to die, but will kindle it anew, and seek some other equally practical means of...

## Chapters

- [LETTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/slavery-in-maryland-briefly-considered-68731/chapters/2/index.md)
- [LETTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/slavery-in-maryland-briefly-considered-68731/chapters/3/index.md)
- [LETTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/slavery-in-maryland-briefly-considered-68731/chapters/1/index.md)