The Case of Our Fellow-Creatures, the Oppressed Africans, Respectfully Recommended to the Serious Consideration of the Legislature of Great-Britain

[DILLWYN, William, and John Lloyd]

Published by Printed by J. Phillips / Re-printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street, Between Second and Third Streets, London / Philadelphia, 1784

About this Item

First American edition. Octavo. 13pp., followed by 3pp. of "Books to be sold by Joseph Crukshank". Detached sewn self-wrappers. Final page of printed text (p. 13) states in part: "Signed by order of the Meeting for Sufferings. John Ady, Clerk to the meeting." Early ink owner notation on title page in unknown hand, with later rubberstamped owner name on blank preliminary page. Title page and final leaf have early staining, with light staining on a few leaves of text, a one-inch chip at the top of spine and text in top corner margin, a good only copy. An important early antislavery pamphlet, once attributed to the Quaker abolitionist Anthony Benezet. It was in fact written by William Dillwyn (also a leading abolitionist) and John Lloyd, when both men were members of a Subcommittee for the Quaker s London Yearly Meeting. William Dillwyn (1743-1824), a Philadelphia born Quaker active in the abolitionist movement in colonial America, was Benezet s student before moving to England before the Revolutionary war. Both Dillwyn and John Lloyd were founding members of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade when it was formed in 1787. A powerful antislavery pamphlet.*Evans* 18353.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Case of Our Fellow-Creatures, the Oppressed Africans, Respectfully Recommended to the Serious Consideration of the Legislature of Great-Britain
• Publisher: Printed by J. Phillips / Re-printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market Street, Between Second and Third Streets, London / Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • African-Americana