Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce and the general Disposition of its Inhabitants. With An inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade, its Nature and lamentable Effects. Also A Re-publication of the Sentiments of several Authors of Note, on this interesting Subject; particularly an Extract of a Treatise, by Granville Sharp

Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1771.

Price: $1,500.00

Hardcover. First edition. 12mo. 144pp., 53pp., [6]pp. index (the Sharp extract is appended at the end with its own pagination). Contemporary full calf. Old ex-library copy with bookplate, small label on the spine, an old pocket on the rear fly, and a perforated stamp on the title page; chips on the front free endpaper, else a very good copy. An important account of the African slave trade by Benezet, a Philadelphia Quaker whose writings and activities stood as a model for future abolitionists. *Sabin* 4689.

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Item #370065 Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce and the general Disposition of its Inhabitants. With An inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade, its Nature and lamentable Effects. Also A Re-publication of the Sentiments of several Authors of Note, on this interesting Subject; particularly an Extract of a Treatise, by Granville Sharp. Anthony BENEZET.
Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce and the general Disposition of its Inhabitants. With An inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade, its Nature and lamentable Effects. Also A Re-publication of the Sentiments of several Authors of Note, on this interesting Subject; particularly an Extract of a Treatise, by Granville Sharp
Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce and the general Disposition of its Inhabitants. With An inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade, its Nature and lamentable Effects. Also A Re-publication of the Sentiments of several Authors of Note, on this interesting Subject; particularly an Extract of a Treatise, by Granville Sharp
Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce and the general Disposition of its Inhabitants. With An inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade, its Nature and lamentable Effects. Also A Re-publication of the Sentiments of several Authors of Note, on this interesting Subject; particularly an Extract of a Treatise, by Granville Sharp

Anthony Benezet
birth name: Anthony Benezet

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French-born teacher and humanitarian who moved to Pennsylvania, became a Quaker. He published his observations on slavery, alcoholism, Quakers, and Indians in A Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies (1766), An Historical Account of Guinea (1771), The Mighty Destroyer Displayed (1774), A Short Account of the People Called Quakers (1780), and Some Observations ... on the Indian Natives of This Continent (1784).more