(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION HAITI) A Particular Account of the I

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--HAITI.) A Particular Account of the Insurrection of the Negroes of St. Domingo. 32 pages. 8vo, bound into a 2-volume bound run of the Gentleman's Magazine for 1792, following the April issue (page 392); short binder's note on title page, otherwise minimal wear to the pamphlet. London, 1792

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4th edition. This account of the early months of the Haitian Revolution was intended to frighten the British public and turn them away from the abolitionists Wilberforce and Clarkson. Sabin 58932; Work, page 349. The magazine issues which surround this pamphlet are interesting in their own right, including 39 engraved plates and a short death notice for the composer Mozart on page 384.