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Total number of records: 26

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Quaker Collection9
Brotherton Collection1

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slave trade26
slavery10
antislavery movements7
search, right of4
maritime law4
enslaved persons2
black people2
voyages and travels2
society of friends1
travel1

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Africa, West2
United States1
Niger1
Libya1
Egypt1
Africa1
Benue River Valley (Cameroon and Nigeria)1
Great Britain1

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Great Britain. Parliament7
Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846)6
Great Britain. Admiralty4
Great Britain4
Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784)3
Montgomery, James (1771-1854)2
Rennell, James (1742-1830)1
Sharp, Granville (1735-1813)1
Marsden, William (1754-1836)1
Society of Friends. Meeting For Sufferings1

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From 180019

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Up to 189919

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The journal of Frederick Horneman's travels : from Cairo to Mourzouk, the capital of the kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa. In the years 1797-8

Hornemann, Friedrich Konrad (1772-1800); Rennell, James (1742-1830); Marsden, William (1754-1836); Young, Sir William (1749-1815); Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

1802

Signatures: [a] b-d e B-2B (2B2 + chi1) 2C. With a single leaf (p. 188 with blank verso) inserted after pages 188. Maps by James Rennell, engraved by J. Walker; hand-colored routes. Includes app...

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Notes on the slave trade, &c

Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784)

[1781]

By Anthony Benezet.

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The West Indies : and other poems

Montgomery, James (1771-1854)

1810

First published in "Poems on the abolition of the slave trade... London. R. Bowyer, 1809". cf. Sabin, Bibl. amer.

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The case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislature of Great-Britain

Ady, John (1812); Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

1784

"Signed by order of the meeting for sufferings... John Ady, clerk to the meeting."--p. 15. Advertisements for Phillips's publications on final page.

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Notes on the slave trade, &c

Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784)

[1781]

By Anthony Benezet.

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Essai sur les désavantages politiques de la traite des negres : en deux parties

Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846); Gramagnac

1789

Indexed in: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, numbers 13991.

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Sixteenth report of the directors of the African Institution : read at the annual general meeting, held on the 10th day of May, 1822. With an account of the proceedings of the annual meeting, and an apendix

African Institution (London, England)

1822

List of subscribers to the African Institution, p. [399]-412. See Ragatz, L.J. Brit. Caribbean history, p. 406.

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Proceedings in relation to the presentation of the address of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends : on the slave-trade and slavery, to sovereigns and those in authority in the nations of Europe, and in other parts of the world, where the Christian religion is professed

Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting

1854

Cover title: Narrative of the presentation to sovereigns and those in authority of the address of the yearly meeting on the slave trade and slavery. Narrative of the presentation to sovereigns and t...

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Scenes in Africa : for the amusement and instruction of little tarry-at-home travellers

Taylor, Isaac (1759-1829)

1824

Folding map frontispiece. Publisher's ads [1] p. at end.

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