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. 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
Contributors: Wallace, George, 1727-1805
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1762
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Slave trade; Slavery; Blacks; Description and travel
Notes: Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴

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.

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

Erratum statement, p. 56.

English short title catalogue, W3464.

Evans, C. American bibliography, 9066.

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1785.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect:  p. 20-21 text is obliterated by an ink stain; has foxing throughout.

John Carter Brown Library copy does not contain the errata slip.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect : p. 31-34, 47-50, 55-56 wanting; supplied in facsimile and housed in the JCB bibliographical file.