(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) PITT WILLIAM Speech of the Honourabl

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) PITT, WILLIAM. Speech of the Honourable William Pitt on a Motion for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the House of Commons on Monday the Second of April 2, 1792 (drop title). 32 pages. 8vo, outer leaves soiled with a couple of chips from the title-page; early ink notations on title-page and last page regarding "friends meeting." London, 1792.

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first edition of a very important speech in the history of the debates in Parliament regarding the abolition of the slave trade. Pitt was addressing a motion put forth by William Wilberforce and others on behalf of the abolitionists, Thomas Clarkson, et al.