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Narrative of 2 Voyages To the River Sierra Leone; with: Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa. Two books in one volume. Paperback
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Christopher Fyfe, editor. Newly edited and annotated
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viii, 222 pages, with 10 illustrations. First ca. 1788, reprint 2000
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Anna Maria Falconbridge’s Narrative of Two Voyages, consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the first published Englishwoman’s narrative of a visit to West Africa. Alexander Falconbridge’s Account of the Slave Trade describes the horrific conditions he had witnessed in West Africa. Published in 1788 by the London Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, it was the first piece of published abolitionist propaganda.
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