A short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the Negroes
Subtitle: 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
By: Extracted from several authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. ; With a quotation from George Wallis's [i.e. Wallace's] System of the laws, &c. and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade. ; [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 9066
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1762
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Slavery; Slave trade; Blacks; Description and travel
Notes: Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Evans and Hildeburn.

"This is the first edition, and was probably printed by William Dunlap for James Rivington, who advertises it for sale in the Pa. Gazette, Feb. 11, 1762"--Hildeburn.

Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴.

"Two dialogues on the man-trade."--p. 28-50, signed: J. Philmore.

Erratum statement, p. 56.

Evans 9066

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1785