MARTINEAU H. Illustrations of Political Economy.
London 143pp + publisher's ads. 1st ed., clean in original grey card covers. Educational novel about life in Demerara making the point that slavery was not economically sound and that free labour would be more cost effective. (Book ref. WINBO0025) £75.00
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London 143pp + publisher's ads. 1st ed., clean in original grey card covers. Educational novel about life in Demerara making the point that slavery was not economically sound and that free labour would be more cost effective. (Book ref. WINBO0025) £75.00
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MOISTER Rev. W. The West Indies, enslaved and free:
London vi + 394pp + col. folding map and 8 engraved plates. 1st ed., clean in pictorial cloth, spine slightly faded. Chapters on each of the islands. (Book ref. MOISTERR020332) £95.00
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London vi + 394pp + col. folding map and 8 engraved plates. 1st ed., clean in pictorial cloth, spine slightly faded. Chapters on each of the islands. (Book ref. MOISTERR020332) £95.00
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PALGRAVE W.G. Dutch Guiana
Macmillan & Co, London 264pp + 2 folding maps. 1st ed., in worn original green cloth with occasional minor tone spotting. Description and history of the colony. 'Conversant for many years with the negro races in those Eastern lands where they may be, from long domicilement, regarded as almost indigineous, I have felt a special interest in observing their present condition and probable future in the Western regions of more recent adoption. In no European colony have they been so completely identified with the soil as in Dutch Guiana; nowhere could they be studied to better advantage. To those, therefore, who feel interest, not in African geography only, but in African nationality, I commend the results of my observations on this subject.' (Preface). Scarce. Cundall p. 86 (Book ref. PALGRAVE002935) £90.00
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Macmillan & Co, London 264pp + 2 folding maps. 1st ed., in worn original green cloth with occasional minor tone spotting. Description and history of the colony. 'Conversant for many years with the negro races in those Eastern lands where they may be, from long domicilement, regarded as almost indigineous, I have felt a special interest in observing their present condition and probable future in the Western regions of more recent adoption. In no European colony have they been so completely identified with the soil as in Dutch Guiana; nowhere could they be studied to better advantage. To those, therefore, who feel interest, not in African geography only, but in African nationality, I commend the results of my observations on this subject.' (Preface). Scarce. Cundall p. 86 (Book ref. PALGRAVE002935) £90.00
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M QUEEN James The West India Colonies;
Longman, Hurst & Co., London 8vo, xxvi, (10), 427pp with both errata. Contents very clean in original half calf with marbled boards. Front hinge very weak and small tear in spine plus damage to edge of rear board. The author argues against emancipation of the slaves and defends the West India planters. Very scarce. (Book ref. WINBO0019) £375.00
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Longman, Hurst & Co., London 8vo, xxvi, (10), 427pp with both errata. Contents very clean in original half calf with marbled boards. Front hinge very weak and small tear in spine plus damage to edge of rear board. The author argues against emancipation of the slaves and defends the West India planters. Very scarce. (Book ref. WINBO0019) £375.00
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LEVY C. Emancipation, sugar, and Federalism:
Uni. of Florida 206pp. Reprint of 1924 ed., fine in original cloth. Fine historical study of the effects of emancipation in Barbados. (Book ref. LEVYC005545) £16.00
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Uni. of Florida 206pp. Reprint of 1924 ed., fine in original cloth. Fine historical study of the effects of emancipation in Barbados. (Book ref. LEVYC005545) £16.00
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KIERAN B.L. The Lawless Caymanas.
Grand Cayman 189 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. Well illustrated history with much on slavery and the West India regiment. (Book ref. KIERANBL015256) £40.00
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Grand Cayman 189 large pp. 1st ed., very fine in fine D/W. Well illustrated history with much on slavery and the West India regiment. (Book ref. KIERANBL015256) £40.00
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CARIBBEAN Caribbean Quarterly.
Uni. of the W.I. 59pp. Some underlining of text otherwise clean in card covers. Incls. article on the negro slave, the banana industry and education. (Book ref. CARIBBEA012657) £6.00
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Uni. of the W.I. 59pp. Some underlining of text otherwise clean in card covers. Incls. article on the negro slave, the banana industry and education. (Book ref. CARIBBEA012657) £6.00
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NEWMAN F.W. Anglo-Saxon abolition of negro slavery.
Negro Uni. Press, New York 136pp. Reprint of 1889 ed., fine in original brown cloth. (Book ref. NEWMANFW005602) £5.00
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Negro Uni. Press, New York 136pp. Reprint of 1889 ed., fine in original brown cloth. (Book ref. NEWMANFW005602) £5.00
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PEMBERTON E. SNEATH D. Caribbean Heritage.
Leicestershire Museums 16pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Illustrated guide to the slave trade in the Caribbean. (Book ref. PEMBERTO016417) £4.00
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Leicestershire Museums 16pp. 1st ed. Paperback. Illustrated guide to the slave trade in the Caribbean. (Book ref. PEMBERTO016417) £4.00
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RANSFORD O. The slave trade.
Readers Union 292pp + plates. Fine in D/W. Useful historical study. (Book ref. RANSFORD005674) £6.00
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Readers Union 292pp + plates. Fine in D/W. Useful historical study. (Book ref. RANSFORD005674) £6.00
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JOHNSTON Sir H.H. The negro in the New World.
Methuen & Co., London xxix + 499pp + folding map. 1st ed. Ex library with label on inside cover and h/s on title page. Internally clean but with some creased pages, bound in soiled library cloth. 7.5 x 10in Includes chapters on most of the Caribbean islands with many good photo illustrations unique to this work. Much on history of slavery and ethnic backgrounds all sadly with a very racist slant and attitude. Fine sections on the Bahamas and Jamaica. (Book ref. JOHNSTON020800) £75.00
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Methuen & Co., London xxix + 499pp + folding map. 1st ed. Ex library with label on inside cover and h/s on title page. Internally clean but with some creased pages, bound in soiled library cloth. 7.5 x 10in Includes chapters on most of the Caribbean islands with many good photo illustrations unique to this work. Much on history of slavery and ethnic backgrounds all sadly with a very racist slant and attitude. Fine sections on the Bahamas and Jamaica. (Book ref. JOHNSTON020800) £75.00
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WARD J.R. British West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834.
Clarendon Press, Oxford x + 320pp. 1st ed., fine in fine D/W. Academic study of the planters attempts to improve the treatment of their slaves from analysis of plantation records. (Book ref. WARDJR015868) £50.00
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Clarendon Press, Oxford x + 320pp. 1st ed., fine in fine D/W. Academic study of the planters attempts to improve the treatment of their slaves from analysis of plantation records. (Book ref. WARDJR015868) £50.00
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KLIEN H.S. African slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Oxford Uni. Press 311pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. The author traces the evolution of slavery and then depicts the life and culture of slaves with emphasis on the sugar plantation economy. (Book ref. KLIENHS005506) £18.00
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Oxford Uni. Press 311pp. 1st ed., fine in D/W. The author traces the evolution of slavery and then depicts the life and culture of slaves with emphasis on the sugar plantation economy. (Book ref. KLIENHS005506) £18.00
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JOHNSTON Sir H.H. The negro in the New World.
Methuen & Co., London xxix + 499pp + folding map. 1st ed. Clean in worn and marked original brown cloth, rebacked. Bumped at top corner with light crease to page margins. 7.5 x 10in Includes chapters on most of the Caribbean islands with many good photo illustrations unique to this work. Much on history of slavery and ethnic backgrounds all sadly with a very racist slant and attitude. (Book ref. JOHNSTON016825) £115.00
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Methuen & Co., London xxix + 499pp + folding map. 1st ed. Clean in worn and marked original brown cloth, rebacked. Bumped at top corner with light crease to page margins. 7.5 x 10in Includes chapters on most of the Caribbean islands with many good photo illustrations unique to this work. Much on history of slavery and ethnic backgrounds all sadly with a very racist slant and attitude. (Book ref. JOHNSTON016825) £115.00
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JAMAICA The Jamaica Movement,
Charles Gilpin, London 430pp. 1st ed., very fine in orig. boards, re-cased with new spine and end papers. Reports of meetings held around the island of Jamaica by the anti slave trade movement including detailed description of the abduction of negroes from the Bahamas to Cuba. (Book ref. JAMAICA014206) £275.00
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Charles Gilpin, London 430pp. 1st ed., very fine in orig. boards, re-cased with new spine and end papers. Reports of meetings held around the island of Jamaica by the anti slave trade movement including detailed description of the abduction of negroes from the Bahamas to Cuba. (Book ref. JAMAICA014206) £275.00
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HMSO Extracts from Papers,
H.M.S.O. xxiii + 678pp. 1st ed., clean in orig. worn blind stamped cloth. Front hinge repaired. Written shortly after the emancipation of the slaves containing a view of the changes on society in the islands. (Book ref. HMSO016543) £200.00
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H.M.S.O. xxiii + 678pp. 1st ed., clean in orig. worn blind stamped cloth. Front hinge repaired. Written shortly after the emancipation of the slaves containing a view of the changes on society in the islands. (Book ref. HMSO016543) £200.00
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HIGMAN B.W. Slave population and economy in Jamaica 1807-1834.
Cambridge Uni. Press vii + 327pp. Paperback in fine condition. Academic study. (Book ref. HIGMANBW018366) £6.00
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Cambridge Uni. Press vii + 327pp. Paperback in fine condition. Academic study. (Book ref. HIGMANBW018366) £6.00
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HIGMAN B.W. Slave populations of the British Caribbean 1807-1834.
John Hopkins Uni. Press xxxiii + 781pp. Clean in original blue cloth. Academic study. (Book ref. HIGMANBW015863) £65.00
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John Hopkins Uni. Press xxxiii + 781pp. Clean in original blue cloth. Academic study. (Book ref. HIGMANBW015863) £65.00
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GRATUS J. The Great White Lie.
Hutchinson of London 324pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Study of the abolition movement in Britain. (Book ref. GRATUSJ021160) £8.00
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Hutchinson of London 324pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Study of the abolition movement in Britain. (Book ref. GRATUSJ021160) £8.00
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BARTY-KING H. MASSEL A. Rum. Yesterday and today.
Heineman 264pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Signed by author on title page. Fine history of rum production with chapters on many of the West Indian islands and much on slavery. Recommended. (Book ref. BARTYKIN020948) £18.00
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Heineman 264pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in D/W. Signed by author on title page. Fine history of rum production with chapters on many of the West Indian islands and much on slavery. Recommended. (Book ref. BARTYKIN020948) £18.00
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