(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION SLAVE NARRATIVES) NAIMBANNA HENRY GR

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A FINE COPY (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--SLAVE NARRATIVES.) NAIMBANNA, HENRY GRANVILLE. The Young African Prince, or Memoirs of Naimbanna. Full page woodcuts on the inner front and rear wrappers; woodcut vignette title-page; tall 12mo, original woodcut stiff wrappers. A fine copy. Boston: Lincoln and Edmands, 1822

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the second American edition. Prince Naimbanna, son of King Naimbanna, was brought to England by the Sierra Leone Company in 1791 in order to be educated in English and religion. In 1793, the Prince decided to return to his native Africa to evangelize his people. Sadly he died of a fever en route. This narrative was first published by Zachary Macaulay, son of Lord Macaulay, in 1796. Drawn from Naimbanna's extempore speech before the House of commons, "from notes taken by companions." Rare, OCLC locates only 5 copies. Not in Blockson; Schomburg showing only the 1825 Dublin edition.