anti-slavery pamphlet
WHITELEY, Henry.
Three months in Jamaica, in 1832: comprising a residence of seven weeks on a sugar plantation.
London: [Samuel Bagster for], Hatchard and Son, 1833.
8vo (215 × 136 mm.), pp. [ii], 24, [2]. Stab stitched and unbound as issued. Covers soiled and frayed, two transverse splits from spine (c. 20 mm. each). A fair copy only.
First edition, first issue. A scarce and influential anti-slavery pamphlet. Whiteley shocked his readers with graphic accounts of the treatment of slaves in Jamaica. Two issues of 1833 are known, ours and another for the Anti-Slavery Society (also by Bagster) which is called a "verbatim reprint" of our Hatchard issue.
£350.00
US$695.03*
* Given as a guide only. Based on an exchange rate of £1 = US$1.985799 for the day 25 July 2008 but liable to fluctuate.
25 July 2008