Anna Maria Falconbridge : Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone during the Years 1791-1792-1793.

Anna Maria Falconbridge : Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone during the Years 1791-1792-1793.

Anna Maria Falconbridges Narrative of Two Voyages, consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the first published Englishwomans narrative of a visit to West Africa. Alexander Falconbridges Account of the Slave Trade describes the horrific conditions he had witnessed in West...

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Main Author: Fyfe, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.
Series:Liverpool Historical Studies, 17.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Colonial administrators > Sierra Leone > History > 18th century > Diaries.
Colonial administrators > England > Diaries.
Slave trade > Sierra Leone.
Colonial administrators
Slave trade
England
Sierra Leone
Diaries
History
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Summary:Anna Maria Falconbridges Narrative of Two Voyages, consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the first published Englishwomans narrative of a visit to West Africa. Alexander Falconbridges 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
ISBN:9781846312564
1846312566
0853236437
9780853236436
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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