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Poems on the abolition of the slave trade

Title: Poems on the abolition of the slave trade / written by James Montgomery, James Grahame, and E. Benger ; embellished with engravings from pictures painted by R. Smirke, Esq. R.A.
Publication: London : Printed for R. Bowyer, the proprietor, no 80, Pall Mall, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1809.

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Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Restricted use	Sc Rare+ 821-M (Montgomery, J. Poems on the abolition of the slave trade)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Description

[14], ii, [2], 141, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., ports.; 35 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Note

With added engraved title page, which has imprint: "Pub. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, Jan, 1, 1810." Other engravings have the same imprint and either 1809 or 1810 publication dates.
Each poem has a divisional title page.
Compiled by R. Bowyer (see "Advertisement", p. [5], 1st count).
Engravings by E. Scriven, W. Worthington, or A. Raimbach.
"T. Bensley, printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London."--colophon, p. 141.
Last page blank.

Indexed In (note)

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

inscribed: in ink on recto of wrapper preceding added engraved title page "A.A. Schomburg." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Provenance: Stainforth (armorial book plate); Catherine Nassau (autograph).

Contents

Prometheus delivered -- Granville Sharp -- Thomas Clarkson -- William Wilberforce -- The West Indies, a poem. In four parts / by James Montgomery -- Africa delivered; or, The slave trade abolished. A poem / by James Grahame -- A poem, occasioned by the abolition of the slave trade, in 1806 / by E. Benger.

Call Number

*KL+ 80-296

OCLC

NYPG814188149-B

Title

Poems on the abolition of the slave trade / written by James Montgomery, James Grahame, and E. Benger ; embellished with engravings from pictures painted by R. Smirke, Esq. R.A.

Imprint

London : Printed for R. Bowyer, the proprietor, no 80, Pall Mall, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1809.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 6752

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 50145

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare +821-M (accession no. B389292) inscribed: in ink on recto of wrapper preceding added engraved title page "A.A. Schomburg." ; With the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Copy in *KL+ 80-296 Provenance: Stainforth (armorial book plate); Catherine Nassau (autograph). NN

Local Note

Copy in *KL+ 80-296 Extra-illustrated with portrait of Benger. NN

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Montgomery, James, 1771-1854. West Indies, a poem, in four parts.

Grahame, James, 1765-1811. Africa delivered, or, The slave trade abolished.

Benger, E. (Elizabeth), 1778-1827. Poem, occasioned by the abolition of the slave trade in 1806.

Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, compiler, publisher.

Bensley, Thomas, 1759-1835, printer.

Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, illustrator.

Raimbach, Abraham, 1776-1843, engraver.

Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, engraver.

Worthington, W. (Engraver), engraver.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research Call Number

*KL+ 80-296

Sc Rare+ 821-M (Montgomery, J. Poems on the abolition of the slave trade)

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