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SLAVE TRADE...RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 12TH MARCH 1827; - ...CAPTURED NEGROES AT TORTOLA. MR. DOUGAN'S FURTHER REPORT, -AND MAJOR MOODY'S REMARKS THEREON. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-STREET, 11TH JULY, 1828.

[London]: Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 12 July 1828. Folio. 157, [1 blank] pp. Bound into modern blue wrappers with wrapper label. Light scattered foxing. Near Fine. This is a report by "Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Slaves, condemned to the Crown..... More

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[Slave Trade]:

CORRESPONDENCE WITH FOREIGN POWERS, NOT PARTIES TO CONVENTIONS GIVING RIGHT OF SEARCH OF VESSELS SUSPECTED OF THE SLAVE TRADE. FROM FEBRUARY 2ND TO MAY 3RD, 1839. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY, 1839. CLASS D. (FURTHER SERIES.).

London: William Clowes and Sons, 1839. Folio. vi, 35, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, light dustsoiling of outer leaves, moderately foxed, minor edgewear. With the half title. Two light rubberstamps on title page. Good+. An indispensable primary source on England's efforts to stamp out the African slave trade. England exchanges... More

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African Slave Trade:

CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPAIN, PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, THE NETHERLANDS, AND SWEDEN. RELATIVE TO THE SLAVE TRADE. FROM JANUARY 1, 1840, TO MAY 10TH, 1840. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY. 1840. CLASS B [FURTHER SERIES.

London: William Clowes, 1840. x, 147, [1 blank] pp. Folio, bound in attractive modern blue wrappers, copy of half title affixed to front wrapper. Widely scattered foxing, Very Good. An extraordinarily detailed compendium of law cases resulting from the Royal Navy's capture of ships purportedly engaging in the African... More

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SLAVE TRADE...RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 12TH MARCH 1827; - ...CAPTURED NEGROES AT TORTOLA. MR. DOUGAN'S FURTHER REPORT, -AND MAJOR MOODY'S REMARKS THEREON. COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, DOWNING-STREET, 11TH JULY, 1828.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH FOREIGN POWERS, NOT PARTIES TO CONVENTIONS GIVING RIGHT OF SEARCH OF VESSELS SUSPECTED OF THE SLAVE TRADE. FROM FEBRUARY 2ND TO MAY 3RD, 1839. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY, 1839. CLASS D. (FURTHER SERIES.).

CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPAIN, PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, THE NETHERLANDS, AND SWEDEN. RELATIVE TO THE SLAVE TRADE. FROM JANUARY 1, 1840, TO MAY 10TH, 1840. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY. 1840. CLASS B [FURTHER SERIES.