Sixteenth Report of the Directors of the African Institution. First Edition ~ 1822
Sixteenth Report of the Directors of the African Institution
First edition of this abolitionist report documenting the continuing international slave trade and efforts to suppress it fifteen years after Britain's abolition of the trade in 1807. Includes the proceedings of the annual meeting of May 10, 1822 and extensive documentary appendices. The meeting urged international recognition of slave trading as piracy.
London: Printed by Ellerton and Henderson; sold by J. Hatchard and Son, 1822. Half calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt with a black gilt-lettered title label; iv, lii, 412 pp. A good copy, with wear and rubbing to the boards and leather, joints and corners. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square. Scattered foxing and toning, more pronounced on the title-page. Cyrus B. Yandes bookplate to the front pastedown, a few library stamps and blindstamps to prelims.
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