ANALYSIS OF THEOLOGY, LAW, RELIGION, AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN. BY... PROFESSOR OF COMMON SENSE.
Peoria: Printed by Benjamin Foster, 1855. 72pp. Stitched in original printed yellow wrappers. Light scattered foxing, Very Good.
"Root was a former common-school teacher who moved to Peoria County from Ohio in the fall of 1830. He apparently became a farmer after moving to Illinois" [Byrd]. His scarce book resulted from a sudden awareness of "the awful conduct of both Church and State, the eyes of my soul were sharpened to pierce the darkness...and I beheld clearly the radical cause of the curse of the Earth."
Warning of the Nation's fatal departure from the Word of God, Root fears that "we will perpetuate and extend chattel slavery, (until it shall become universal like serfdom in Russia,) to maintain our glorious union!!"
Byrd 2346. Graff 3563. OCLC 13133159 [3- Lincoln Pres. Lib., Newberry, U IL] [as of October 2014]. Item #31449
Price: $450.00