A short sketch of the evidence for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons : to which is added, a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crafton, William Bell.

Contributor:

Fox, William, active 1773-1794.

Martyn, Benjamin, 1699-1763.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Great Britain.

Slave trade.

Slavery.

Controversial literature.

Great Britain.

Slavery--West Indies, British--Controversial literature.

Slavery--Georgia--Controversial literature.

Georgia.

Penn Provenance:

Strassner, Frank (donor)

Physical Description:

28, 16 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm bound to 21 cm (12mo)

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : London, printed, Philadelphia, re-printed by Daniel Lawrence, 1792.

Notes:

Based on: An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791.

Signed (p. 28): W.B.C., i.e. William Bell Crafton.

Signatures: A-D6

"An address to the people of Great Britain, on the propriety of abstaining from West India sugar and rum / [William Fox]. The tenth edition, with additions": 16 p., with special t.p.

"Postscript" (p. [1]-[3] at end) extracted from: An impartial enquiry into the state and utility of the province of Georgia / [Benjamin Martyn].

Local Notes:

With: An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping / [Benjamin Rush]. Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap, 1773.

Cited in:

Evans 24233

Related Work:

Fox, William, active 1773-1794. Address to the people of Great Britain.

Martyn, Benjamin, 1699-1763. Impartial enquiry into the state and utility of the province of Georgia. Selections.

Contains:

Abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791.

OCLC:

62678349