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An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species : particularly the African, translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honoured with the first prize, in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785, with additions. [One line from Livy].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846.
Contributor:
Portmore, Thomas Charles Colyear, Earl of, 1772-1835, dedicatee.
Crukshank, Joseph, 1746?-1836, printer.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
University of Cambridge--Dissertations.
University of Cambridge.
Black people--Africa.
Black people.
Africa.
Slavery.
Slave trade--Africa.
Slave trade.
Genre:
Academic dissertations.
Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Physical Description:
xix pages, 2 unnumbered pages,22-155 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰
Edition:
The third edition.
Place of Publication:
[Philadelphia] : London, printed: Philadelphia: re-printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Attributed to Thomas Clarkson in the Dictionary of national biography.
Dedicated to William Charles Colyear.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. [156].
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
Evans, 20274
English Short Title Catalog, W32022.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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