Manuscripts

Clarkson, Thomas. History of the African Institution as connected with the Abolition of Slavery and the Foreign Slave Trade

Description

(133p. fol.) 2 unnumbered preliminary pages have been mounted on linen. Consists of 131 numbered pages. Pages 9-10 have been removed from original order and are inserted before p. 35 in the text (conjugate leaf).

Volume containing Clarkson's account of his efforts "from 1705 to 1807 when the slave-trade was abolished by the British Parliament". The author also notes "These to be looked over by H. Robinson or some other proper person in case anyone should write my life."

Type

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Date

Approximately 1839.

Call number

CN 33

Creator

Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

purchased from Eric M. Bonner, 1949.

purchased from Maggs Bros., 1952.

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Associated people

Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, (1749-1791,)

Alexander (1777-1825,)

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