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Historical sketches of the slave trade and of its effects in Africa : addressed to the people of Great-Britain.

Title
Historical sketches of the slave trade and of its effects in Africa : addressed to the people of Great-Britain.
Author
Muncaster, John Pennington, Baron, 1737-1813
Publication
London : Printed for John Stockdale, 1792.

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TextRestricted use Sc Rare 326.1-M (Muncaster, J. P. Historical sketches of the slave trade)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
TextRequest in advance Sc Rare C 16-31 (Lapidus Collection)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Additional Authors
  • Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.
Description
100 pages; 21 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Early works.
  • Bookplates (Provenance)
Indexed In (note)
  • Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time;
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
Call Number
Sc Rare 326.1-M (Muncaster, J. P. Historical sketches of the slave trade)
LCCN
48044377
OCLC
6292433
Author
Muncaster, John Pennington, Baron, 1737-1813, author.
Title
Historical sketches of the slave trade and of its effects in Africa : addressed to the people of Great-Britain.
Publisher
London : Printed for John Stockdale, 1792.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time; 51302
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 6, page 4774, column 1, row 7
Local Note
The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division possesses two copies of this book. The copy in Sc Rare 326.1-M (accession # H632038) is probably one of the books added to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. It includes NYPL's bookplate of "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection" lacks the NYPL perforated stamp and any other stamps but contains some processing markings of the original Schomburg Collection. This copy is bound with the title page of "Peckard Peter. Am I Not a Man? And a Brother? With All Humility Addressed to the British Legislature. Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon and sold by J. & J. Mereill T. Payne & Son and J. & J. Fletcher, 1788" and a map of the African Continent at the back. Bound in hunter green cloth over boards library binding; and gilt spine.
Copy in Sc Rare C 16-31 (Lapidus Collection) is a gift; which is part of the Lapidus Collection added to the Schomburg collection in 2015. Rebound in quarter grey and light blue paper over stiff boards, and natural printed spine label.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814, distributor, publisher.
Lapidus, Sidney, 1937- donor.
Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.
Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.
Other Form:
Online version: Muncaster, John Pennington, Baron, 1737-1813. Historical sketches of the slave trade and of its effects in Africa. London, J. Stockdale, 1792 (OCoLC)551327326
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 326.1-M (Muncaster, J. P. Historical sketches of the slave trade)
Sc Rare C 16-31 (Lapidus Collection)
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