A book of disputations : autograph manuscript.

Unsigned bound volume attributed to Elizabeth Robbins Winslow. Consists primarily of questions related to religious, ethical, moral, and human rights issues and the author's responses. Winslow responds "affirmatively" for slavery ("Is it just to enslave Africans"); her racist arguments are rooted in pro-slavery Christian rhetoric. Other topics include: infant baptism; the Copernicum system; the sins of the righteous; divorce; the merits of oratory; Joshua's covenent with the Gibbeonites; decrees versus free agentry; polygamy; gambling; whether noblemen can be guilty of perjury; whether it would impinge on civil liberties to have a bishop sent to America; when the Sabbath begins and ends; and whether the physical body will be raised on Judgment Day. At the end are a list of "subscribers" "who agree to work for Shadrach Winslow" (i.e., Elizabeth Robbins Winslow's husband), invoices and associated calculations, birth and death dates for members of the Winslow family (only initials), and a table of contents for the "disputations". A printed key with the full names of the Winslow family accompanies the volume.

Daughter of Eleazer and Mary Savell Robbins of Massachusetts. Married Shadrach Winslow in 1783.

Title transcribed from title page.

Attributed to Elizabeth Robbins Winslow in pencil, front pastedown. Other names appear in volume.

Place of production based on known residence of Elizabeth Robbins Winslow.

Only one argument, "A composition" (page v) is dated: February 7th, 1771. There are birth and death dates recorded in leaves bound-in at end of volume. The latest death date recorded is for Elizabeth Robbins Winslow: April 1st, 1846.

Pagination: [2], XII, 13-38 pages.

Page 14 repeats in numbering.

"Primus incipe. Finis huic sit. Disputationi. Questions"--Title page.

Primarily in English; some entries in Latin.