A VIEW OF THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE SLAVE POPULATION IN THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO, UNDER THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. SHOWING THE IMPOLICY AND DANGER OF PREMATURELY EMANCIPATING THE WEST INDIA SLAVES. WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCY OF INJUDIC
Flinter, George Dawson:
Philadelphia: Adam Waldie, 1832. [2],117pp. plus advertisement leaf for the author's A VIEW OF THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO. 20th-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards, spine gilt. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Titlepage lightly browned, a few pencil annotations in the text, a few pages dampstained and soiled. A very good copy. A rare account of the condition of slaves in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, with additional information about slavery in other regions of the New World and in Africa. Flinter was a British soldier who arrived in Caracas in 1815, when the civil war there was in a particularly violent phase. He served as interpreter to the British embassy and later as a translator between the Spaniards, the English, and the Americans. In addition to this monograph on slavery, Flinter also wrote A HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION OF CARACAS (London, 1819), AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO (London, 1834), and other works concerned with the Spanish-American colonies. A rare survey of slavery in Puerto Rico. OCLC records a single copy at NYPL; NUC adds copies at LC and the University of Minnesota. SABIN 24801. PALAU 92259. OCLC 47911938.
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