SOME HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF GUINEA, ITS SITUATION, PRODUCE, AND THE GENERAL DISPOSITION OF ITS INHABITANTS. WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE SLAVE TRADE, ITS NATURE, AND LAMENTABLE EFFECTS.
Benezet, Anthony:
London: Re-printed, and sold by W. Owens..., 1772. [12],198,[6]pp. Old three quarter calf and marbled boards. Front cover detached. Edges worn, some foxing. Else good. First British edition, after the original Philadelphia edition of 1771. An important early anti-slavery piece, as well as an interesting early account of Africa. Benezet produced a number of other anti-slavery and pacifist tracts around the time of the Revolution.
(Item ID: WRCAM25875) $650.00