A very scarce response to John Adger's attempt at a moderate pro-slavery position in the South. He was a fascinating character. Adger had initially been a missionary to Turkey, but returned to the United States because of his failing eyesight. Initially unsympathetic to the abolitionist cause, on his return to America he traveled with a family of London anti-slavery friends and gained an appreciation for their view. This led to his becoming a leading "moderate" in the pro-slavery cause of the South. 

In Charleston, he lobbied for and was the original preacher at a Presbyterian church for free and non-free blacks of the city, Zion Presbyterian Church, in 1849. A Unionist before the war, he supported the Confederacy during the war. Afterwards, he would be an influential leader in the creation of the Southern Presbyterian Church.

The reply here, by Edward Bryan, argues against Adger's attempts to uncouple the abuses of chattle slavery and the slave trade from the institution of slavery itself. The argument is handled on both biblical and historical grounds. 

Bryan, Edward B. Notice of the Rev. John B. Adger's Article on the Slave Trade. Published for the Author. Charleston, S. C. Steam Power Press of Walker, Evans & Co. 1858. 28pp.

A good + copy, bound in wraps, generally solid, with pages that are generally bright, and a bit handled.