Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 434

Price Realized: $ 115
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
AGAINST EMANCIPATION (WEST INDIES.) On the Increasing Importance of the British West-Indian Possessions. 29 pages. 8vo, disbound; minor soiling. London, 1826

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"The value of the Caribbean colonies had become much greater as a result of the successful revolt of the Spanish Americans. [This pamphlet argues that] the islands would become important trade centers if their tranquility were preserved. Emancipation would create dissention and allow the United States to get Control of the great new commerce opening up"--Ragatz, page 260.