Feb 26, 2004 - Sale 1998

Sale 1998 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 1,035
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
SLAVE INSURRECTION Papers Relating to the Manumission, Government, and Population of Slaves in the West Indies; 1822-1824. 132 pages. Folio, modern 1/4 crushed morocco. House of Common document. London, 1825

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Detailed report on the condition of the slaves in the British West Indies, with much coverage of the recent slave insurrection, including testimony of slaves against their masters. One section also gives a complete list of all slaves in the Maroon towns of Jamaica, with their names.