A rather desirable title. Nehemiah Adams (1808-1878) was born in Salem, Massachusetts and was opposed to slavery by default. He did, however, feel that some of the abolitionists were exaggerating or sensationalizing what was happening in the south as a way of harnessing support for their cause, which he felt was unhelpful and unethical.

He travels to the South to get a first-hand view of what is happening. In a particularly poignant section where he attends slave auctions, he describes his distress at seeing a one year old child taken from its parents and sold.

Adams, Nehemiah. A South-Side View of Slavery; Or, Three Months at the South, in 1854. Third Edition. Boston. Published by T. R. Marvin. 1855. 222pp.

A good + copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with light foxing.