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 several authors, in order to shew the iniquity of that trade, and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication. ; With a quotation from George Wallis's [i.e. Wallace's] System of the laws, &c. and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London, on the subject of the slave trade. ; [Seven lines of Scripture texts].
| Author/creator | Benezet, Anthony |
| Other author | Wallace, George, 1727-1805. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : [publisher not identified], Printed in the year M,DCC,LXII. [1762] |
| Description | 56 pages ; 19 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9066. ^A478749 |
| General note | Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Evans and Hildeburn. |
| General note | "This is the first edition, and was probably printed by William Dunlap for James Rivington, who advertises it for sale in the Pa. Gazette, Feb. 11, 1762"--Hildeburn. |
| General note | "Two dialogues on the man-trade."--p. 28-50, signed: J. Philmore. |
| General note | Erratum statement, p. 56. |
| References | Evans 9066 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1785 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9066). |
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