(Slave trade) Some remarks on a pamphlet, call'd, Reflections on the constitution and management of the trade to Africa.

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• PUBLISHER: Anonymous publication, London.

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  DATE: 1709

• EDITION SIZE: Pamphlet, 7 x 4 1/2" (17.8 x 11.3 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Title continues with: "demonstrating the author's abusive aspersions therein contained, to be ill grounded, the matters of fact wrong represented, and the late management of that trade set in a true light : with an account of the needful charge of the British settlements in Africa ; in what manner they may be best maintain'd, and the trade carry'd on to the benefit of this nation, and our plantations in America." <br><br> 32 pages. Several graphs.<br><br> The anonymous pamphlet is lobbying to have the powers of the "African Company" deregulated so that more profits could be had by the traders. <br> "As People of Business have not the Time to throw away, as the African Company's Writer of their abusive papers; so I shall only take notice of what is necessary to be answer'd of the Pamphlet, . . .".

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Stitching holes and binding glue residue along left edge. Split between pp 16 & 17. Some damp staining.

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