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A short view of the dispute between the merchants of London, Bristol, and Leverpool, and the advocates of a new joint-stock company : concerning the regulation of the African trade
A short view of the dispute between the merchants of London, Bristol, and Leverpool, and the advocates of a new joint-stock company : concerning the regulation of the African trade. London, MDCCL [1750].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of Virginius Randolph Shackelford with his bookplate.
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The case of the Royal African Company of England
The case of the Royal African Company of London. London : Printed by Sam. Aris, in Creed-Lane, MDCCXXX [1730].
Title vignette, head-piece, initial.
A history and defense of the monopoly of the Royal African Company this work is one of four publications issued by the Royal African Company in 1730. it is not a reprint of the 1709 publication of the same title.
The Rockefeller Library copy has been trimmed closely on the bottom affecting text on several leaves.
Rockefeller Library copy from the South Library with its bookplate.
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An Abstract of several cases relating to the trade to Africa
An Abstract of several cases relating to the trade to Africa. [London, |c 1714].
L.W. Hanson 2010. Includes abstracts of Hanson 1602, 1874, 1880 and five and other 'cases'.
Rockefeller Library copy trimmed at the bottom causing most of the endorsement to be removed.
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The case of the Royal African-Company and of the plantations
The case of the Royal African-Company and of the plantations. [London : Royal African Company, 1714].
With a docket title dated 1714.
Title from caption.
A proposal "for improving the American British plantations, by reducing the excessive price of Negroes in Africa, and selling them at reasonable rates to the planters."
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Proposals humbly offered to the Honourable House of Commons, for enlarging and protecting the trade to Africa
Proposals humbly offered to the Honourable House of Commons, for enlarging and protecting the trade to Africa. [London : |b s.n., 1709?].
Docket title: Proposals for encouraging the trade to Africa.
Imprint from ESTC.
Not in Goldsmiths' Lib. cat.
Not in Hanson.
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Considerations relating to the African bill : humbly submitted to the honourable House of Commons
Considerations relating to the African bill : humbly submitted to the honourable House of Commons. [London : s.n., 1698?]
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An answer to the Considerations, occasioned by the Craftsman upon excise, so far as it relates to the tobacco trade
An answer to the Considerations, occasioned by the Craftsman upon excise, so far as it relates to the tobacco trade. London : Printed for E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, MDCCXXXIII [1733].
Listed under the pseudonym Caleb D'Anvers by Jerome E. Brooks in George Arents' Tobacco, its history, v. 3, no. 672, with a note stating that it was written by Nicholas Amhurst or William Pulteney, Earl of Bath. The Dict. of national biography, in its article on Amhurst, ascribes the pamphlet to him. Both Amhurst and Pulteney wrote for the Craftsman.
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of William Tarun Fehsenfeld with his bookplate.
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Observations on the Case of the planters of Virginia. In a letter to -------
Observations on The case of the planters of Virginia : In a letter to ------ . [London ; 1733]
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The case of the merchants, and planters, trading to and residing in, Virginia, and Maryland
The case of the merchants, and planters, trading to and residing in, Virginia, and Maryland. [London? : s.n., 1713].
Title from caption.
Imprint from ESTC.
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African slave trade in Jamaica : and comparative treatment of slaves
African slave trade in Jamaica : and comparative treatment of slaves / |c read before the Maryland Historical Society, October, 1854. Baltimore : Printed for The Maryland Historical Society, by John D. Toy, 1854.
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Minutes of the proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States : assembled at Philadelphia on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive
Minutes of the proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States : |b assembled at Philadelphia on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive. Philadelphia : |b Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junr. Number Eighty, Chesnut-Street, eight doors below Third-Street, |c MDCCXCIV [1794].
"Published by order of the Convention"--page 30.
Signatures: [(1)]⁴ (2)-(4)⁴ ((4)4 blank).
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A Very new pamphlet indeed! Being the truth: addressed to the people at large. Containing some strictures on the English Jacobins, and the evidence of Lord M'Cartney, and others, before the House of Lords, respecting the slave trade
A Very new pamphlet indeed! Being the truth: addressed to the people at large. Containing some strictures on the English Jacobins, and the evidence of Lord M'Cartney, and others, before the House of Lords, respecting the slave trade. London : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1792.
Signed: Truth.
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A short account of that part of Africa : inhabited by the Negroes. With respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on. Extracted from divers authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis, Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade
A short account of that part of Africa : inhabited by the Negroes. With respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on. Extracted from divers authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. With quotations from the writings of several persons of note, viz. George Wallis, Francis Hutcheson, and James Foster, and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade. The second edition, with large Additions and Amendments. Philadelphia : Printed by W. Dunlap, in the year MDCCLXII [1762].
Errata: p. 80.
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An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors : Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775."
An Earnest address to such of the people called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian testimony of their ancestors : Occasioned by a piece, intituled, "The testimony of the people called Quakers, given forth by a meeting of the representatives of said people, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy [sic], held at Philadelphia the twenty-fourth day of the first month, 1775." : [Eleven lines of Scripture texts]. Philadelphia : Printed for John Douglas M'Dougal, 1775.
Attributed to Anthony Benezet in Shipton & Mooney.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴.
"An appendix: containing such extracts from the proceedings of the government at home, and the assemblies of the colonies, as tend to prove the truth of the facts asserted in the foregoing address."--pages 21-56.
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A short sketch of the evidence, for the abolition of the slave trade : delivered before a committee of the House of Commons. To which is added, a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
A short sketch of the evidence, for the abolition of the slave trade : delivered before a committee of the House of Commons. To which is added, a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general. London, 1792.
Signed at end: W.B.C., i.e., William Bell Crafton.
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An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of refraining from the use of West India sugar and rum
An address to the people of Great Britain, on the utility of refraining from the use of West India sugar and rum. The sixth edition, corrected. Sunderland [Eng.] : Printed and sold by T. Reed, Bookseller, High-Street, Sunderland, 1791.
"Price 1d. or fourteen for a shilling."
"N.B. Persons wanting a larger Number to give away may be supplied at Five Shillings per Hundred, by applying to T. Reed."
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The cries of Africa, to the inhabitants of Europe; or, A survey of that bloody commerce called the slave-trade
The cries of Africa, to the inhabitants of Europe; or, A survey of that bloody commerce called the slave-trade / by Thomas Clarkson. London : Sold by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street; and W. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, [1822].
"Price one shilling, or ten shillings a dozen."
Contains a diagram showing the arrangements of the slave ship Brookes.
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Historical sketches of the slave trade and of its effects in Africa : addressed to the people of Great-Britain
Historical sketches of the slave trade and of its effects in Africa : addressed to the people of Great-Britain / by the Right Hon. Lord Muncaster. London : Printed for John Stockdale, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, MDCCXCII [1792].
"Price two shillings."--in square brackets on half-title.
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A dialogue concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the American states to emancipate all their African slaves : with an address to the owners of such slaves : dedicated to the Honourable the Continental Congress : to which is prefixed, the institution of the society, in New-York, for promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be, liberated
A dialogue concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the American states to emancipate all their African slaves : with an address to the owners of such slaves : dedicated to the Honourable the Continental Congress : to which is prefixed, the institution of the society, in New-York, for promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be, liberated. [2nd ed.]. [New York] : Norwich, printed by Judah P. Spooner, 1776, New-York, re-printed for Robert Hodge, 1785.
Attributed to Hopkins by Evans.
Signatures: A-F⁶.
"An address to the owners of Negro slaves, in the American colonies": pages [61]-69.
"Appendix to the second edition of the Dialogue, concerning the slavery of the Africans": pages 69-71.
Bookseller's advertisement, page 72.
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Essays : I. On the populousness of Africa. II. On the trade at the forts on the Gold Coast. III. On the necessity of erecting a fort at Cape Appolonia : illustrated with a new map of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the kingdom of Angola
Essays : I. On the populousness of Africa. II. On the trade at the forts on the Gold Coast. III. On the necessity of erecting a fort at Cape Appolonia : illustrated with a new map of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the kingdom of Angola.London : Printed for T. Lownds, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXIV [1764].
"Price one shilling and six-pence"--half-title.
Dedication signed: John Hippisley.
Advertising matter: p. [1]-[3] at end.
"A New map of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the kingdom of Angola."
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Records of a voyage to the western coast of Africa in His Majesty's ship Dryad, and of the service on that station for the suppression of the slave trade, in the years 1830, 1831, and 1832
Records of a voyage to the western coast of Africa in His Majesty's ship Dryad, and of the service on that station for the suppression of the slave trade, in the years 1830, 1831, and 1832 / by Peter Leonard, Surgeon, Royal Navy. Edinburgh : Printed by Andrew Shortrede for William Tait ..., 1833.
"List of vessels engaged in the slave trade captured by the British Squadron employed on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1829": pages [268-271].
Rockefeller Library copy from the library of John Ralph Willis with his bookplate.
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An Abstract of the evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, in the years 1790 and 1791, on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade
An Abstract of the evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, in the years 1790 and 1791, on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Edinburgh : Printed at the joint expense of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Societies, Instituted for the abolition of the slave trade, MDCCXCI [1791].
With an initial advertisement leaf.
Map: "The Western Coast of Africa"--facing page 13
Contains a plan of the slave ship Brooks at page 42.
Rockefeller Library copy with the bookplate of John Anderson, Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow.
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A discourse, delivered April 11, 1798, at the request of and before the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated
A discourse, delivered April 11, 1798, at the request of and before the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated / by E.H. Smith ... New-York : Printed by T. & J. Swords, No. 99 Pearl-street, 1798.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴.
The last leaf is blank.
Rockefeller Library copy inscribed: "John Williams Esqr. from his friend the author."--title page.
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An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade : in two parts
An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade : in two parts / by The Rev. T. Clarkson, M. A. The second edition. London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, MDCCLXXXVIII [1788].
Errata: page 138.
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The African slave trade : a discourse delivered in the city of New-Haven, September 9, 1790, before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom
The African slave trade : a discourse delivered in the city of New-Haven, September 9, 1790, before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom / by James Dana, D.D., pastor of the First Congregational Church in said city. New Haven : Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, MDCCXCI [1791].
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ [E]².
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