The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy 1840
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Author: Buxton, Thomas Fowell
Title: The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1840
Description:
Author: Buxton, Thomas Fowell
Title: The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1840
Description:
14 ('Prospectus of the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade'), viii, [3]-[276], vi, [277]-583 pp. Frontispiece folding map of Central Africa. (8vo) 8¾x5½, original embossed brown cloth, spine gilt lettered. First Combined Edition, incorporating the second edition, revised of Buxton's 'The African Slave Trade', first issued in 1839, and the first edition of 'The Remedy'.
The first work was a brisk overview of the contemporary slave trade worldwide, but especially in Africa and the Americas, while the second proposes practical methods of eliminating the trade establishments of missions, naval blockades, strong treaties, development of alternative commercial endeavours, etc. Sabin 9686.
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Wear and soiling to binding, spine strip peeling away with some loss; foxing to map with offsetting to adjacent pages, scattered light foxing, a bit shaken overall but interior solid; good or better.
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