Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 15

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) BRANAGAN, THOMAS. A Preliminary Essay on the Oppression of the Exiled Sons of Africa. Wood-engraved frontispiece. 12mo, contemporary binding, but lacking both boards; contents toned, some dog-earing, the last leaf; with advertisements for his "Avenia." should be seen. Philadelphia: For the Author, 1804

Additional Details

first edition. The author, Thomas Branagan, a reformed ex-slaver, wrote several books condemning the slave trade. Hamilton 1898; Shaw & Shoemaker 5901; Sabin 7379.