Frossard, La cause des esclaves negres et habitans de la Guinee, 1789. art First and only edition of

First and only edition of the complete 3 volume collection of very extensive descriptions of the private sailing vessels of the Portuguese king Miguel I

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He was elected alderman of his city in 1540

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Frossard, La cause des esclaves negres et habitans de la Guinee, 1789. art First and only edition ofAn esteemed and valuable work, and one of the earliest on the evils of the slave trade; rare (Sabin) Benjamin Sigismond Frossard (1754 1830). La cause des esclaves negres et des habitans de la Guine, portee au tribunal de la justice, de la religion, de la politique; ou histoire de la traite & de l'esclavage des negres, preuves de leur illegitimite, moyens de les abolir sans nuire ni aux colonies ni aux colons. Lyon, De limprimerie d Aim de la Roche,