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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.)
[BAYS, PETER].
A General History of
Negro Slavery, Collected from the
Most Respectable Evidence . . .
Woodcut frontispiece, 218 pages. Small
8vo, original
printed paper-covered
boards; hinges cracked, but sound, entirely
untrimmed; small bookplate.
London: Hatfield, 1826
[300/400]
A compilation of numerous accounts, aimed at
youthful readers; basically an attack on the
planters of the West Indies. With an appropri-
ately lurid frontispiece showing slavers taking
captives. OCLC locates 8 copies.
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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—
SLAVE REVOLTS.) LONDON MIS-
SIONARY SOCIETY.
Report of the
Proceedings against the Late Rev. J.
Smith of Demerara, Minister of the
Gospel, who was Tried under Martial
Law and Condemned to Death on a
Charge of Aiding and Assisting in a
Rebellion of the Negro Slaves; From
a Full and Correct Copy. . .
vii, [1] 204
pages, untrimmed; recent binding of
paper-backed plain drab boards in the
style if the period.
London: F. Westly, 1824
[800/1,200]
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