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[ANTI-SLAVERY]., 'Extract of a Diary of the Mission among the FREE NEGROS living at Bombey on the River Sarameca in Suriname, in South America.'
(n. p.): , (n. d.). 4to: 2H4 - 2I4. Ca mid-to-late 1790s. Pp 231 - 246. Unopened. "FREE NEGROS" pp 231 - 238. Period blue-grey paper wrappers, stitched. 'No 12' boldly written in ink on the upper left of the front wrapper [appears to be a period hand]., printed. ¶ A preliminary editor's note on p. 231 states "This race of negros are descendants of slaves, who having escaped the plantations, had taken up their abode in the inaccessible woods of the interior country." The item includes 3 other extracts concerning missionary matters from Greenland, Cape of Good Hope & 'Various Accts', which briefly mentions matters [mainly baptisims performed] from divers places, such as Danish West Indies, Barbadoes, Jamaica, &.], e.g., the baptism of "six hundred and thirty-eight negros" in the Danish West Indies.
Offered for US$ 110.00 by: Tavistock Books, ABAA - Book number: 27013