(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION NARRATIVES) [NAIMBANNA JOHN HENRY] T

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--NARRATIVES.) [NAIMBANNA, JOHN HENRY.] The Young African Prince, or Memoirs of Naimbanna. Woodcuts on the inside of the front and rear covers. 52 pages. Tall, narrow 12mo, original pictorial and printed stiff wrappers with delicately printed spine; paper lightly and evenly toned, contemporary ownership signature on the title page; advertisement for Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns on rear cover. A beautiful copy. Boston: Lincoln & Edmands, 1822

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second american edition, rare, only one copy located by OCLC, at the Schomburg Center. Prince Naimbanna, son of King Naimbanna, was brought to England by the Sierra Leone Company in 1791, to be educated in English and religion. In 1793, the prince decided to return to Africa to convert his people to Christianity, but died while on the voyage home. The present work was first published by Zachary Macaulay, son of Lord Macaulay, in 1796. Drawn from Naimbanna''s extempore speech before the House of Commons, and notes "taken by companions."