(AFRICA) Issue of the scarce Liberian missionary newspaper A

Sale 2663 - Lot 28

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(AFRICA.) Issue of the scarce Liberian missionary newspaper, "Africa's Luminary." Volume 2, no. 5. 4 pages, 17¾ x 12¼ inches, on one folding sheet; disbound, folds, minor foxing. Monrovia, Liberia: Methodist Episcopal Mission Press, 15 May 1840

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This issue includes an 1829 description of a Brazilian slave ship; a report on the Monrovia mission school; and a report on the execution of a local Krooman for the murder of an American boy. No other issues traced at auction since a 2009 Swann sale.