Author: JAMES BANDINEL
Title: Some Account of the Trade in Slaves from Africa as Connected with Europe and America> from the introduction of the trade into modern Europe, down to the present time> especially with reference to the efforts made by the British Government for its extinction.
Description: Longman, Brown, and Co., 1842. Tall 8vo. pp. xv, 323. Original cloth, soiled and spine starting to split, bookplate of The Right Honourable William Hutt. Presentation copy inscribed on title "To William Hutt Esq. with sincere Respect from the Author, JB" A history of the slave trade, together with an account of moves to abolish it. Sir William Hutt (1801-1882), to whom this copy is inscribed, was a keen supporter of free trade and took an active part in colonial and commercial questions. He was a commissioner for the foundation of South Australia.... As a member of the New Zealand Company, he was instrumental in annexing those islands to Great Britain. This same copy sold Sothebys in 1999.

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