Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America. [four volumes complete]


Important set, exhaustive in its presentation of the underpinnings of the slave trade from 1441 to 1807 and comprising approximately 2,500 pages. The volumes focus upon the British trade to the West Indies and during the colonial period particular emphasis is placed upon Massachusetts, Rhode Island South Carolina. Volume I, 1441–1700; Volume II, The Eighteenth Century; Volume III, New England and the Middle Colonies; Volume IV, The Border Colonies and The Southern Colonies.


Description: Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America. [four volumes complete]

Washington, D.C.: Published by Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1930–1935. Four Volumes. First Editions. Large 8vos. Publisher’s stiff-paper, printed wrappers. Ex-library with usual marks, bookplates, perforations and pockets. Tables; fold-out map. Some rubbing to joints and at tips; edge soiling; short closed tear to map; Very Good.

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