Extracts from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Reports of the Directors of the African Institution, Read at Their Annual General Meetings, Held in London on the 11th Day of May, 1824, and on the 13th day of May, 1825.

Philadelphia, (PA): Printed by Joseph R.A. Skerrett, 1825. First American edition. 8vo. 40 pp. "The African Institution in London merits the approbation of all who wish the extinction of the slave-trade … the citizens of these United States, declaring as they do in the face of the world, that all men are born free, and possessed of the unalienable right to the enjoyment of liberty and happiness, should not rest satisfied with denouncing the trade in human beings as piracy, but their exertions should be unceasing, until this horrible commerce is totally extinguished." Cf. Sabin 496. American Imprints 23434. LCP/HSP 148. Blockson catalogue 9408. Very good. Disbound pamphlet (spine reinforced with archival paper). (#6624). Item #59658

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