Documentos Relativos ao apresamento, julgamento entrega da barca franceza charles et georges e em geral ao engajamento de negros...
Lisboa [i.e. Lisbon].
Imprensa Nacional, 1858.
First edition.
Folio.
[4], 249, 16, xviii pp. With a terminal errata leaf. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Recent Portuguese bookseller's ticket to FEP, occasional slight spotting.
The sole edition of a selection of documents reproducing official correspondence between Portuguese, French, and English authorities relating to the confiscation in 1857 of the French barque Charles-et-George.
The vessel was seized by the Portuguese off the coast of Mozambique and found to be carrying 110 Africans destined to be sold to French sugar plantations in the Mascarene Islands. The captain was imprisoned and a prize-crew brought the ship to Lisbon. The French government demanded that the ship be returned, the captain released, and damages paid. Extensive negotiations ensued. Despite numerous appeals, England declined to support the Portuguese in their efforts to uphold international law prohibiting the transport of slaves. Portugal was ultimately forced to capitulate.
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref: 31156
The vessel was seized by the Portuguese off the coast of Mozambique and found to be carrying 110 Africans destined to be sold to French sugar plantations in the Mascarene Islands. The captain was imprisoned and a prize-crew brought the ship to Lisbon. The French government demanded that the ship be returned, the captain released, and damages paid. Extensive negotiations ensued. Despite numerous appeals, England declined to support the Portuguese in their efforts to uphold international law prohibiting the transport of slaves. Portugal was ultimately forced to capitulate.