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 [i.e., Wallace], Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade
| Author(s): | Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784 |
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| Online: | Connect to Early American Imprints |
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| Subjects: | Slavery Slave trade--Africa Blacks--Africa Africa--Description and travel |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Edition: | The second edition, with large additions and amendments. [Twelve lines from Richard Savage] |
| Published: | Philadelphia: : Printed by W. Dunlap,, in the year MDCCLXII. [1762] |
| Series: | Early American imprints. First series no. 9067 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Added Titles: | Philmore, J Two dialogues on the man-trade. Selections |
| Analytic Titles: | Two dialogues on the man-trade. Selections |
| Additional Authors: | Wallace, George, 1727-1805 Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746 Foster, James, 1697-1753 |
| Notes: | Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Evans and Hildeburn "Two dialogues on the man-trade."--p. 37-63; signed: J. Philmore Errata statement, p. 80 References: Evans 9067 References: Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1786 Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series Reproduction notes: Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9067) |
| Physical Description: | 80 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo) |
| OCLC Number: | aas03029401e |