(SLAVERY ABOLITION) Thomas Clarkson History of the Rise Pro

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Thomas Clarkson. History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade. Folding map, folding plate, one other plate, text illustrations. 2 volumes. [4], 572; [2], 592 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, needs binding; moderate foxing, minimal wear to contents; library markings of the defunct Bangor Theological Seminary on endpapers. London, 1808

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"Won Clarkson worldwide fame. . . . The first major study toward complete abolition of slavery. It was largely due to Clarkson's exertion that long before his death slaveholding had come to be regarded as a crime"--Blockson One Hundred and One, 17. Includes a folding plate with an expanded diagram of the slave ship Brookes. The "Am I Not a Man and a Brother" seal is illustrated on page I:451. Afro-Americana 2388; Blockson 9528; Sabin 13486; Work, page 258.