A short account of that part of Africa inhabited by the Negroes : with respect to the fertility of the country, the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on / extracted from several authors [by Anthony Benezet], in order to shew the iniquity of that rade and the falsity of the arguments usually advanced in its vindication ; with a quotation from George Wallis's [i.e., Wallace's] System of the laws, &c., and a large extract from a pamphlet, lately published in London on the subject of the slave trade.
| Author/creator | Benezet, Anthony |
| Other author | Wallace, George, 1727-1805. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | [1st ed.]. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed, 1762. |
| Description | 56 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Caption title | Short account of the slave-trade |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | "This is the first edition and was probably printed by William Dunlap for James Rivington, who advertizes it for sale in the Pa. Gazette, Feb. 11, 1762." Cf. Hildeburn and ESTC W3464. |
| General note | "The author of the 'Dialogues on the man-trade' concludes with the following address to the Guiney[i.e., Guinea] merchants in England"--p. 47-50; p. 50 signed: "J. Philmore." |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Yale University Libraries. |
| General note | Sabin no. 4686. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG06-B303 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2006. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |