Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce and the General Disposition of its Inhabitants bound with Extract from a representation of the injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery

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Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce and the General Disposition of its Inhabitants by Anthony Benezet (144 pages), bound with Extract from a representation of the injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery by Granville Sharp, (53 pages, plus an Index). Modern green morocco backed marbled paper covered boards; spine with four raised bands, title in one panel. Philadelphia: Cruikshank, 1771) - both titles. First edition of the first title and first American edition of the second. Benezet and sharp were very early critics of transatlantic slavery.