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A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the negroes. [electronic resource] : With respe...

A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the negroes. [electronic resource] : With respe...

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A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the negroes. [electronic resource] : 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 divers authors, in order to shew the iniquit of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis [sic, for Wallace], Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade.

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A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the negroes. [electronic resource] : 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 divers authors, in order to shew the iniquit of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis [sic, for Wallace], Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade.

Publisher

Philadelphia : printed by W. Dunlap, in the year, 1762.

Date

1762.

Record Identifier

74VveqpxEQwy

MMS ID

991016981189702626

Language

English

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Physical content

80p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

Philadelphia : printed by W. Dunlap, in the year, 1762.

Edition

The second edition, with large additions and amendments.

Place of Publication

United States of America

Date Published

1762.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the negroes. [electronic resource] : 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 divers authors, in order to shew the iniquit of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usuall...

Notes

General note

"Two dialogues on the man-trade."--p. 37-63; signed: J. Philmore.

Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Evans and Hildeburn.

Errata statement, p. 80.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC W29401.

Evans, 9067.

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1786.

Smith, J. Friends' books, 1.241.

Smith, J. Friends' books, 1.66.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VveqpxEQwy

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MMS ID

991016981189702626