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PRESENTATION COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS CLARKSON, THOMAS. Letters on the Slave-Trade, and the State of the Natives in those parts of Africa, which are
PRESENTATION COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS CLARKSON, THOMAS. Letters on the Slave-Trade, and the State of the Natives in those parts of Africa, which are contiguous to Fort St. Louis and Goree. [2], vii, 81 pages. Folding map, 3 plates. 4to, original drab boards, loose, lacking the backstrip; some foxing. London: James Phillips, 1791
- Notes: first edition. a presentation copy, "George Dillwyn from the author & publisher." Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was one of the most effective voices in the British anti-slavery movement. In Parliament, Clarkson together with William Wilberforce, fought ceaselessly to put an end to the African slave trade. Parliament finally placed a ban on the trade in 1807. Sabin 13490; not in Blockson or Schomburg.
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