Very Rare 80 Page 1762 Anti-slavery Pamphlet Printed By Dunlap.
1762 abolitionist pamphlet, "A Short Account of that Part of Africa, Inhabited by the Negroes", written by Anthony Benezet. It was printed by W. Dunlap in Philadelphia and is identified as the "Second Edition, with large Additions and Amendments".
Measurement: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches.
Extremely well-preserved. Very good condition.
This influential work was one of the earliest anti-slavery tracts printed in America and played a significant role in raising an outcry against the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Key Details
Author: Anthony Benezet (identified in search results, not explicitly on the title page).
Printer: W. Dunlap (William Dunlap), a prominent Philadelphia printer known for also printing the first broadside of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Publication Year: MDCCLXII (1762).
Purpose: The pamphlet was written to "shew the Iniquity of that TRADE, and the Falsity of the ARGUMENTS usually advanced in its Vindication".
Content: Benezet compiled information from various authors and sources to argue for the common humanity of Africans, contradicting the prevailing notions used to justify slavery.
1762 abolitionist pamphlet, "A Short Account of that Part of Africa, Inhabited by the Negroes", written by Anthony Benezet. It was printed by W. Dunlap in Philadelphia and is identified as the "Second Edition, with large Additions and Amendments".
Measurement: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches.
Extremely well-preserved. Very good condition.
This influential work was one of the earliest anti-slavery tracts printed in America and played a significant role in raising an outcry against the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Key Details
Author: Anthony Benezet (identified in search results, not explicitly on the title page).
Printer: W. Dunlap (William Dunlap), a prominent Philadelphia printer known for also printing the first broadside of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Publication Year: MDCCLXII (1762).
Purpose: The pamphlet was written to "shew the Iniquity of that TRADE, and the Falsity of the ARGUMENTS usually advanced in its Vindication".
Content: Benezet compiled information from various authors and sources to argue for the common humanity of Africans, contradicting the prevailing notions used to justify slavery.