An essay on slavery proving from Scripture its inconsistency with humanity and religion; in answer to a late publication, entitled, "The African trade for Negro slaves shewn to be consistent with principles of humanity, and with the laws of revealed religion." By Granville Sharp, Esq. With an introductory preface, containing the sentiments of the monthly reviewers on that publication; and the opinion of several eminent writers on the subject. To which is added, an elegy on the miserable state of an African slave, by the celebrated an ingenious William Shenstone, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.

Shenstone, William, 1714-1763., Author.

Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824., Author.

Allinson, Samuel, d. 1791., Author.

Series:

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition.

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi,17-28p. )

Other Title:

Essay on slavery

Place of Publication:

Burlington [N.J.] : printed and sold by Isaac Collins, 1773.

Notes:

The preface was written by Samuel Allinson and William Dillwyn. Cf. Cadbury, Henry J. "Quaker bibliographical notes." Bulletin of Friends' Historical Association 26 (1937): 49-51.

Reproduction of the original from the Cambridge University Library. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

OCLC:

84692663