The African Slave Trade
by Clark, Rufus W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, 1970). Facsimile of the 1860 first edition published in Boston by the American Tract Society; The Black Heritage Library Collection. 8vo; original black cloth; spine silver gilt; no dustwrapper; pp. (ii) + 102. Some spotting to endpapers. Very good condition. A treatise on the history of the slave trade and its abolition, the original publication of which coincided with the increasing tension between the states of the Union on the eve of the American Civil War. Clark argues against any revival of the trade, and expresses America's guilt at the continuation of an internal trade in the human species by several states. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 580
- Title
- The African Slave Trade
- Author
- Clark, Rufus W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, 1970)
- Keywords
- Slavery. Abolition. Abolitionism. American Civil War. Slave states Slavery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Slavery;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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