1818.067: Circular-Schreiben von Johannes Braun [Circular-Letter by John Brown].
Published: 1818
Full Title: Circular-Schreiben an die deutschen Einwohner von Rockingham und Augusta, und den benachbarten Caunties. Erster Band. Von Johannes Braun, Prediger des Evangelii in den Caunties Rockingham und Augusta, Virginia.
Author: Brown, John (1771-1850), born Johannes Braun.
Place Issued: Harrisonburg
Issuing Press: Lawrence Wartmann
Description: 422 pgs.; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
Brown was a German Reformed minister who emigrated from Bremen in 1797 to escape the Napoleonic Wars; this considerable work is considered the first antislavery title issued in the German Reformed Church, as well as the first such title published under the auspices of the Rockingham Bible Society. Contents herein are: Erster Theil. Beweggründe zur Unterstützung der Bibel-Gesellschaften; Zweiter Theil. Auszüge aus den neunten jährlichen Berichte der Committee der Brittischen und Fremden Bibel-Gesellschaft; Mit Beyfügung eines kurzen Auszugs aus den Werken Dr. Claudius Buchanans betitelt: Christliche Untersuchungen in Asien ... Aus dem englischen übersetzt; Eine Abhandlung, wegen Sclaverey und Leibeigenschaft [First part. Reasons in support of the Bible Societies; Second part. Excerpts from the [!] Ninth annual reports of the Committee of the British and strangers Bible Society; With the addition of a short extract from the works of Dr. Claudius Buchanan titled: Christian studies in Asia ... Translated from the English; A Treatise on slavery and serfdom].
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