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A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the Negroes; with respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on
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A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the Negroes; [microform] : with respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on. / Extracted from several authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. ; With a quotation from George Wallis's [i.e. Wallace's] System of the laws, &c. and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade. ; [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
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Philadelphia: : [s.n.], Printed in the year M,DCC,LXII. [1762]
Physical Description
56 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Evans and Hildeburn.
"This is the first edition, and was probably printed by William Dunlap for James Rivington, who advertises it for sale in the Pa. Gazette, Feb. 11, 1762"--Hildeburn.
Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴.
"Two dialogues on the man-trade."--p. 28-50, signed: J. Philmore.
Erratum statement, p. 56.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9066).
Format
Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 9066
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1785
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