ANTI-SLAVERY MONTHLY REPORTER.
London: Bagster & Thomas, 1829 - 1830. 21 issues. Nos. 44-59 and 61-63. January 1829 - April 1830 and June - July 1830. First several leaves moderately foxed, otherwise a clean text with widely scattered foxing. Very Good, in contemporary half sheep and marbled paper over boards [hinges starting]. Ownership signature, "Thos. Deane Esq." Deane and his family owned Caribbean sugar plantations, a business that depended on Slavery.
"Of source value for the emancipation struggle" [Ragatz]. The Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter, edited by British abolitionist Zachary Macauley, became the Anti-Slavery Reporter in 1830. A thorough chronicle of Slavery in the British West Indies, it urges support for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies and prints eye-witness reports of the cruelty of slavery, mistreatment of slaves, slave laws, efforts to gain emancipation.
Frequent stories identify the slaves, plantation, and participants in notable events. For example, the April 1829 report prints "Cruelties of Mr. and Mrs. Moss, of the Bahamas, Towards a Female Slave." Reports focus on slavery in Mauritius, Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas. Reporting also includes articles on the "Civil Rights of Free Black and Coloured in Habitants of our Colonies" (June 1829), global anti-slavery conventions and meetings, and an extensive account of the General Meeting of the Society with remarks by William Wilberforce (June 1830).
Complete List:
1. No. 44; Vol. II, No. 20, January 1829. 24 pp.
2. No. 45; Vol. II, No. 21, February 1829. 20 pp.
3. No. 46; Vol. II, No. 22, March 1829. 12 pp.
4. No. 47; Vol. II, No. 23, April 1829. 24 pp.
5. No. 48; Vol. II, No. 24, May 1829. 18 pp.
6. No. 49; Vol. III, No. 1, June 1829. 16 pp.
7. No. 50; Vol. III, No. 2, July 1829. 16 pp.
8. No. 51; Vol. III, No. 3, August 1829. 20 pp.
9. No. 52; Vol. III, No. 4, September 1829. 28 pp.
10. No. 53; Vol. III, No. 5. October 1829. 16 pp.
11. Supplement to the Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter, for October, 1829, No. 53. 38 pp.
12. No. 54; Vol. III, No.6, November 1829. 12 pp.
13. No. 55; Vol. III, No. 7, December 1829. 20 pp.
14. No. 56; Vol. III, No. 8, January 1830. 8 pp.
15. No. 57; Vol. III, No. 9, February 1830. 8.pp.
16. No. 58; Vol. III, No. 10, March 1830. 28 pp.
17. No. 59; Vol. III, No. 11, April 1830. 32 pp.
[No ISSUE 60]
18. No. 61; Vol. III, No. 13, June 1830. 40 pp.
19. Supplement to the Anti-Slavery Monthly Reporter, No. 61, For June 1830. 16 pp.
20. No. 62; Vol. III, No. 14, July 1830. 16 pp.
21. No. 63; Vol. III, No. 15, July 1830 [sic - back-to-back issues of July 1830]. 15 pp.
LCP 623. Ragatz 382. Item #41422
Price: $1,750.00