A short account of that part of Africa inhabited by the Negroes : with respect of 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.
- Anthony Benezet
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- 1762
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Short account of that part of Africa inhabited by the Negroes (Online)
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
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Due to the nature of the subject and the time period in which the sources were published, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive, contains racist and outdated discussions of race, racial stereotypes and offensive imagery. MiFhGG
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Philadelphia : Printed by W. Dunlap, 1762.
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2nd edition with large additions and amendments.
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- Full text available: 1762.