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 divers authors in order to shew the iniquity of that trade and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication
Contributors: Wallace, George, 1727-1805; Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746; Foster, James, 1697-1753; Philmore, J.
Edition: 2nd ed. / with large additions and amendments.
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: Printed by W. Dunlap
Published: 1762
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Slavery; Early works to 1800; Slave trade; Description and travel
Other titles: Short account of the slave-trade
Notes: "With quotations from the writings of several persons on note, viz. George Wallis [i.e. Wallace], Francis Hutcheson and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade.

Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Halkett & Laing.

"Extracts from a pamphlet, intituled, Two dialogues on the man-trade. Printed in London, in the year 1760"--p. 37-63, signed: "J. Philmore."

Errata on p. 80.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of the Society of Friends. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

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