Very Rare 80 Page 1762 Anti-slavery Pamphlet Printed By Dunlap.

Measurement: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches.

Rare Colonial American Abolitionist Pamphlet – Complete 1762 Philadelphia Printing

Offered is an original 1762 Philadelphia edition of:

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THAT PART OF AFRICA, INHABITED BY THE NEGROES

Printed by William Dunlap in Philadelphia and issued as the Second Edition, with large Additions and Amendments.

This important colonial American pamphlet was published to expose the injustice of the transatlantic slave trade and refute arguments advanced in its defense. It stands among the earliest anti-slavery works printed in North America and represents a significant milestone in the history of abolitionist thought.

Features

• Original Philadelphia imprint, 1762
• Printed by William Dunlap
• Complete through page 80
• Original terminal Errata present
• Early American anti-slavery publication
• Significant African-American historical content
• Colonial Americana
• Pre-Revolutionary War imprint
• Scarce in commerce

Condition

Complete example ending with page 80, FINIS, and original Errata leaf. Light age toning and expected handling wear consistent with an eighteenth-century pamphlet. Please review photographs carefully.

Historical Importance

Published fourteen years before the Declaration of Independence, this work presents a remarkably early American critique of slavery and the slave trade. Surviving examples are uncommon and are highly sought after by collectors of Americana, African-American history, abolition, colonial printing, and early Philadelphia imprints.

A rare opportunity to acquire an important and increasingly scarce piece of eighteenth-century American history.