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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.)
Correspon-
dence with Spain, Portugal, Brazil, The Netherlands, Sweden and the Argentine
Confederation, Relative to the Slave Tradde. from January 1st , to December
31st, 1841, Inclusive. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of
Her Majesty, 1842.
826 pages. Tall folio. Later quarter cloth-backed marbled paper-cov-
ered boards with red morocco labels; several small institutional stamps; original half-title
and general title, preceding the title-page.
London: Clowes, 1842
[700/1,000]
A massive and detailed compilation of the reports of the Royal Navy’s interception and capture
of ships that continued to engaged in the African Slave Trade after the 1807 ban. The diplo-
matic correspondence with Spain and Portugal in particular focuses on Cuba’s energetic and
thriving slave trade, with some of the reports touching on the Amistad case, which hinged on
the fact that those captives had been taken after the ban.
OUR LIBERATOR
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—PERU.) ANON.
”Tupac Maru, Americano,
Rey, nuestro Libertador [Tupac Maru, American, King, our Liberator.]
Manuscript poem, 40 lines, written on both sides of a small 4to sheet of laid paper; a cou-
ple of ink corrections.
Cuzco, circa 1821
[1,000/1,500]
This poem, a declaration of freedom in the name of Tupac, the 16th century Incan hero, was
probably written around 1821 when Peru declared its independence from Spain. A revolution-
ary piece that addresses color, its heading reads: “Should be placed as a Public Announcement
in the plaza of the Imperial City of Cuzco.”
See Manuel Vidaurre’s El Plan de Peru,
(Philadelphia, 1823).
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