Research Catalog

Title

An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species : particularly the African, translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honored with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785 / by Thomas Clarkson.

Author

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

Publication

• London : [Publisher not identified], 1788.
• London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1788.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Phillips, James (Bookseller)
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Description

xxii, 167 pages; 23 cm

Subjects

• Slave trade
• Slavery > History
• Early works
• History
• Africa
• Great Britain
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Slave trade > Africa > Early works to 1800
• Slave trade > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > History > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Bookplates (Provenance)
• History.
• Early works.

Note

• On spine: An essay.
• Dedication signed: Thomas Clarkson.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on microfilm, Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-1246.

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the slavery. 1788)

OCLC

7183099

Author

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846, author.

Title

An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species : particularly the African, translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honored with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785 / by Thomas Clarkson.

Publisher

London : [Publisher not identified], 1788.

Manufacturer

London : Printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1788.

Edition

The 2nd edition, revised, and considerably enlarged.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 2, page 1446, column 3, row 5

Additional Formats

Also available on microfilm, Schomburg Center's researchers restricted to the microform copy in Sc Micro R-1246.

Local Note

The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division has two copies of the book; copy 1 in (Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the slavery. 1788) is a post-Lawrence Reddick addition to the collection. It contains an "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection" bookplate but lacks the NYPL perforated stamp and any other stamps or processing markings of the original Schomburg Collection; and the shelf list card has July 24, 1950, in G.K. Halls, v. 2, page 1446, column 3, row 5; Imperfect: bound in green cloth over boards library binding, and gilt spine.

Copy 2 in Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the slavery. 1788) (accession no. H266104) also includes an NYPL's bookplate of "Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection." It lacks the NYPL perforated stamp and any other stamps but; contains some original Schomburg Collection processing markings; Its accession number put it in the range of books added to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian; and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. Imperfect: lacks original cover and is bound in red cloth over boards, library binding, and gilt spine.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

Added Author

Phillips, James (Bookseller), printer.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 326.1-C (Clarkson, T. Essay on the slavery. 1788)

SEKH (Essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species)

*KF 1788 (Clarkson, T. Essay on the slavery)