Slavery.- Clarkson (Thomas) The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved plates, 1 folding with short tear, 1 folding map, 2N8 vol. 1 with short marginal tear and neat repair, C4 & N3 vol. 2 with tiny marginal hole, Z4 vol. 2 with short marginal tear, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Goldsmiths 19725; Kress B.5319], 8vo, 1808.

⁂ Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) devoted most of his life to fighting for the abolition of slavery and toured the country assembling evidence, interviewing 20,000 sailors an acquiring equipment used on the slave-ships.