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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) CLARKSON, THOMAS. Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African. 259 pages. Small 8vo, original full sheep with red morocco spine label; joints cracked, but firm; damp-stains to title-page and preliminaries and the rear 10 leaves; contemporary ownership signature. Philadelphia: Wiley, 1804
first american edition. Clarkson's work, together with that of William Wilberforce and other British abolitionists helped bring about the end to the African slave trade in 1807. While OCLC locates numerous copies in institutions, a scarce book in commerce.
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