Speech of the earl of abingdon, on his lordship's motion for postponing the further consideration of the abolition of the slave trade; with some strictures on the speech of the bishop of st. david's.
London.
Printed for Debrett, [1793?]
First edition.
8vo.
23pp, [1]. Disbound. Recent book-label and armorial bookplate of Robert Washington Oates to verso of title page, single early manuscript correction to p.21.
An account of the speech delivered by English politician Willoughby Bertie, fourth Earl of Abingdon (1740-1799), at the House of Lords on Thursday April 11, 1793 regarding the abolition of the slave trade. Curiously for one regarded as something of a political radical, his having previously supported the American struggle for independence, Abingdon viewed the potential ending of slavery as a negative development, seeing attempts at limitation of the trade as a troublesome compromise in favour of Jacobinism. Indeed, Abingdon voted against motions to restrict the trade on two occasions, both in 1792 and 1799.
Rare, ESTC locates only copies at just three locations in North America (Cornell, Harvard, and NYPL), and just a single location in the British Isles (UoL).
Rare, ESTC locates only copies at just three locations in North America (Cornell, Harvard, and NYPL), and just a single location in the British Isles (UoL).
ESTC N37228.
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref: 12564
