African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, On the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year of 1792 by Philip Beaver - 1970

Negro Universities Press. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Westport: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint, 1970. Blue cloth hardcover, 500 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, a bit of soiling to the page-edges, no dust jacket.

Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. This is a facsimile reprint of an anti-slavery narrative originally published in London in 1805; the rest of the title continues: with a Brief Notice of the Neighbouring Tribes, Soil, Productions, &c. and Some Observations on the Facility of Colonizing that Part of Africa, with a View to Cultivation; and the Introduction of Letters and Religion to its Inhabitants: but More Particularly as the Means of Gradually Abolishing African Slavery; the author, a Royal Navy officer, was in command of this failed attempt to colonize an island off the coast of Sierra Leone (light blue cloth with gold lettering on spine; a bright, clean, tight copy)

Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1792. With a Brief Notice of the Neighbouring Tribes, Soil, Productions, &c. and Some Observations on the Facility of Colonizing that Part of Africa, with a View to Cultivation; and the Introduction of Letters and Religion to Its Inhabitants: But More Particularly as the Means of Gradually Abolishing African Slavery. Facsimile reprint of the 1805 first edition. ISBN 0837135737. Beaver made a considerable name for himself as a Captain in the Royal Navy, serving with distinction in the Mediterranean and the East Indies during the Napoleonic Wars. Prior to that, however, "he associated himself with a scheme for colonising the island of Bulama on the coast of Africa, near Sierra Leone. The whole affair seems to have been conducted without forethought or knowledge. The would-be settlers were, for the most… Read More

Negro Universities Press,. 1970. Hardcover. 0837135737 . Minor cover shelfwear; quarter-size abrasion on front free endpaper. Pages tight, clean, unmarked. No DJ. Facsimile reprint of 1805 edition printed in London for C. R. Baldwin. 500 pages. ; .