Research Catalog

Title

Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce and the general disposition of its inhabitants : with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade, its nature and lamentable effects / by Anthony Benezet.

Author

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

Publication

• London : [Publisher not identified], 1788.
• London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1788.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Phillips, James (Bookseller)
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Description

xv, 131 pages; 23 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Subjects

• Slave-trade > Great Britain
• Guinea > Description and travel
• Slavery > Great Britain > Colonies > Controversial literature > 1788
• Slavery > Guinea
• Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

Genre/Form

• Bookplates (Provenance)
• History.
• Early works.
• Controversial literature.

Note

• Title vignette.
• "Fourth edition"--Page x
• Biography of Benezet: p. [ix]-xii.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time
• Smith, J.A descriptive catalogue of Friends' books
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on microfilm, as Sc Micro R-1103.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-B (Benezet, A. Some historical account of Guinea. 1788)

LCCN

94842284

OCLC

2069880

Author

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784, author.

Title

Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce and the general disposition of its inhabitants : with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade, its nature and lamentable effects / by Anthony Benezet.

Publisher

London : [Publisher not identified], 1788.

Manufacturer

London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1788.

Edition

A new ed.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In:

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 4689

Smith, J.A descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, v. 1, p. 242

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 1, page 849, column 1, row 4

Additional Formats

Also available on microfilm, as Sc Micro R-1103.

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy has two different accession numbers with two alphanumeric alphabet letters initial. It has an H266107, which indicates that it's probably one of the added to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the Collection Librarian; Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. However, it also includes a B512774, which indicates that this copy is probably part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. Imperfect: bound in red cloth over boards library binding, and gilt spine.

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Chronological Term

1700-1799

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Phillips, James (Bookseller), printer, distributor.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Other Form:

Online version: Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce and the general disposition of its inhabitants. A new ed. London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1788 (OCoLC)669372980

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-B (Benezet, A. Some historical account of Guinea. 1788)

SEKH (Benezet, A. Some historical account of Guinea)

*KF 1788 (Benezet, A. Some historical account of Guinea)