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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.
Author
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Uniform title
Proceedings. 1790-1791
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Format
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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Available Online
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Special Collections - Rare Books
HT1162 .A5
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Lapidus 4.22 EX
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Princeton copy 1
Special Collections - William H. Scheide Library
150.5
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Details
Subject(s)
Brooks (Slave ship)
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Slave trade
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Great Britain
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Abolitionists
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Great Britain
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Publisher
Phillips, James (Bookseller)
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Former owner
Donner, Patrick, 1904-
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Bookseller
Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles
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Rare books genre
Library copies (Provenance).
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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.
OCLC
7322586
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