Item #1248632 THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Thomas Clarkson.
THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

Wilimington DE: R. Porter, 1816. Abridged edition. Leather bound. One volume abridgement of the 1808 two volume edition. 348p. Bound in full calf, recased with restoration work to spine ends and new endpapers. Text is complete but stained throughout; the heaviest staining is on the title page and first thirty pages. Text completely legible. Small octavo, measuring 4 1/2 x 7 inches. Overall in good condition. Item #1248632

A famous work on slavery and how it was ended in the British Empire. Clarkson was one of the chief leaders of the Abolitionist Movement in Great Britain and instrumental in the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. He would campaign world-wide against slavery for the reaminder of his life. Sabin 13486.

Price: $750.00

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