An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select Committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791 on the petitioners for the abolition of the slave-trade.

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Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, 1791.
Description
xxvi, 155, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm. (8vo)

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        Notes
        • Signatures: a-c⁴ d, A-T⁴ U².
        • "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." p. [xvii]-xxvi.
        With
        Folded leaf is plan and sections of the ship Brooks, also issued by James Phillips in the broadside 'Description of a Slave Ship' (1789).
        Bibliographic references
        Includes marginal references.
        Provenance
        • Princeton copy 1 Acquired 11/24/70 from Henry Stevens Son & Stiles.
        • Princeton copy 1 Inscribed on front cover: "John Dixon N 16 As soon as this book is read return it again to Jno. Dixon." Inscribed on front pastedown: "John Dixon Cockfield 1791". Inscribed on title page: "John Dixon 1791. Edward Pease, Darlington 1868. Bot: at late Jn Dixon ... sale." Bookplate of P. W. Donner.
        Source acquisition
        Princeton copy 1 Gift Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959 2010
        References
        • Sabin 81745.
        • ESTC T143402
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        Also available in an electronic version.
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        7322586
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