Slavery, Inconsistant with Justice and Good Policy

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This file appears in: Home of Early Minister
Slavery, Inconsistant with Justice and Good Policy

Rice’s speech at the Kentucky constitutional convention was printed and sold as a pamphlet to promote the idea of gradual emancipation. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

This file appears in: Home of Early Minister

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #844 in Greensburg notes the home of the Reverend David Rice, an early emancipationist in Kentucky. In 1792, Kentucky entered the Union as the fifteenth state. As a former county of Virginia, the Bluegrass State inherited many…