Anna Maria Falconbridge: Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone During the Years 1791-1792-1793 and the Journal of Isaac Dubois (Liverpool Historical Studies , Vol 17)
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Author(s)Fyfe, Christopher
PublisherLiverpool University Press
ISBN / ASIN0853236437
ISBN-139780853236436
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank2,539,658
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Anna Maria Falconbridge’s Narrative of Two Voyages, consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the first published Englishwoman’s narrative of a visit to West Africa. Alexander Falconbridge’s 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.