[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons. In the Years 1790 and 1791, on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Cincinnati, 1855.
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[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons. In the Years 1790 and 1791, on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Cincinnati, 1855.
Cincinnati: American Reform Tract & Book Society, 1855. 12mo. Gilt-stamped cloth. Contains illustration of seven figures on folding plate depicting the placement of slaves on transportation vessels. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper.
An introduction included prior to the preface describes the volume as an 1855 reprint of a work first published in 1791, which was "entirely founded on facts stated before a Select Committee of the House of Commons of England; and, as slavery is still the same, it is thought needful, at this time in this country, to expose its criminality." With "An alphabetical list of the names of the witnesses examined by the select committee of the House of Commons...for the abolition of the slave trade," followed by 10 chapters addressing the horrors of slavery.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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