Slavery.- Particular Account (A) of the Commencement and Progress of the Insurrection of the Negroes in St. Domingo..., second edition, title with early ownership name crossed through, B2 pencil markings to lower-margin, C1 short marginal tear, light scattered spotting and soiling, [ESTC T109842; Goldsmiths' 15166; Sabin 58932], for J. Sewell, 1792, bound with Adams (John Quincy) An Answer to Pain's Rights of Man, early ownership name to head of title, light soiling, lightly browned, [ESTC T83255], for John Stockdale, 1793, bound with 6 other pamphlets, together 8 works in 1 vol., various subjects but most relating to France, generally in similar condition but some water-staining, modern half calf, some light discolouration along joints, 8vo, 1790-98.
⁂ The first mentioned a translation of testimony given at the French National Assembly concerning Toussant Louverture's Haitian Revolution of 1791, from the perspective of the white slave owners, suggesting the activities of abolitionists fueled discontent among the black population.
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