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 : extracted from divers authors, in order to shew the iniquity 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, Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade.

Description

Main Author

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784.

Related Names

Willis, John Ralph, former owner.

Language(s)

English

Published

[London] : Philadelphia: printed by W. Dunlap, in the year MDCCLXII [1762]. London: Reprinted by W. Baker and J.W. Galabin, no. 19, Cullum-Street, and sold by R. Horsfield in Ludgate-Street, B. White in Fleet-Street, and J. Allix in Glanville-Street, Rathbone-Place, MDCCLXVIII [1768]

Edition

The third edition.

Subjects

Humphreys, David, > Humphreys, David, / 1689-1740. > Humphreys, David, / 1689-1740. / Historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts.
Slaves > Slaves / Religious life > Slaves / Religious life / United States > Slaves / Religious life / United States / Early works to 1800.
Antislavery movements > Antislavery movements / Great Britain > Antislavery movements / Great Britain / Early works to 1800.
Slave trade > Slave trade / Africa > Slave trade / Africa / Early works to 1800.

Note

Caption title: A short account of the slave-trade, &c.
On t.p., reprint date precedes names of booksellers.
Attributed to A. Benezet--Cf. NUC pre-1956

Physical Description

80 pages ; 23 cm (8vo).

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