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An account of the slave trade on the coast of Africa / by Alexander Falconbridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Falconbridge, Alexander, ?-1792, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slave trade--Africa--Early works to 1800.
- Slave trade.
- Slave trade--West Indies, British--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed by J. Phillips, 1788.
- Summary:
- Employed as a surgeon on various slave ships, Falconbridge had first-hand knowledge of many aspects of the slave trade. Writing as an abolitionist, he describes the slave trade's organisation and methods, and vividly relates the treatment and conditions of slaves and those employed on slave ships.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed November 1, 2023).
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