(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) [BAYS PETER] A General History of Ne

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [BAYS, PETER]. A General History of Negro Slavery, Collected from the Most Respectable Evidence . . . Woodcut frontispiece, 218 pages. Small 8vo, original printed paper-covered boards; hinges cracked, but sound, entirely untrimmed; small bookplate. London: Hatfield, 1826

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A compilation of numerous accounts, aimed at youthful readers; basically an attack on the planters of the West Indies. With an appropriately lurid frontispiece showing slavers taking captives. OCLC locates 8 copies.