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Title

The slavery of the British West India colonies delineated : as it exists both in law and practice, and compared with the slavery of other countries, antient and modern / by James Stephen, Esq. ; vol. I[-II].

Author

Stephen, James, 1758-1832

Publication

London : Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, 43. Fleet-Street, 1824[-1830]

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Additional Authors

• J. Butterworth & Son (Firm), publisher.
• Saunders and Benning, publisher.
• J. Hatchard and Son, publisher.
• A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer.
• Littlewood and Co., printer.

Description

2 volumes; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

• Slavery > Law and legislation > West Indies, British
• Enslaved persons > West Indies, British
• Enslaved persons > West Indies, British > Social conditions
• Slavery > West Indies, British
• Antislavery movements > Great Britain

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title in volume 1; printer statement on verso of half-title page (and also on colophon): "London: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square."
• Imprint in volume 2 varies slightly: "London: Printed for Saunders and Benning, (successors to J. Butterworth and Son,) 43, Fleet-Street; and J. Hatchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly. 1830."
• "London: Printed by Littlewood and Co. Old Bailey."--printer statement, verso of title page in volume 2.
• Volume 1: [2], lxxv, [1], 480 pages; volume 2: [2], vii, [2], xii-xliv, 452 pages.

Indexed In (note)

• Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Source (note)

• Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on front pastedown of volume 1 "Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Vol. 1. Being a delineation of the state in point of law -- vol. 2. Being a delineation of the state in point of practice.
• v.1. Being a delineation of the state in point of law.-- v.2. Being a delineation of the state in point of practice.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.972-S (Stephen, J. Slavery of British West India)

LCCN

02007045

OCLC

• 5911233
• NYPGR5911233-B

Author

Stephen, James, 1758-1832, author.

Title

The slavery of the British West India colonies delineated : as it exists both in law and practice, and compared with the slavery of other countries, antient and modern / by James Stephen, Esq. ; vol. I[-II].

Publisher

London : Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, 43. Fleet-Street, 1824[-1830]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, 24338

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9799

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 326.972-S (accession nos.) inscribed: in ink on front pastedown of volume 1 "Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

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Added Author

J. Butterworth & Son (Firm), publisher.

Saunders and Benning, publisher.

J. Hatchard and Son, publisher.

A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer.

Littlewood and Co., printer.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.972-S (Stephen, J. Slavery of British West India)

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