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[2], 20 p. ; Signed at end: I.R. ; Attributed to John Rogers by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints. ; Numerous errors in paging. ; Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

This work by the anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp (1735–1813) brings together legal and historical documents, as well as the author's own legal arguments, demonstrating that slavery was illegal and therefore could not be upheld in England. Furthering his own intellectual development while working for a linen draper, Sharp later became a government clerk and pursued a writing career. His awakening to the horrors of the slave trade resulted from a chance encounter with an injured slave seeking help from his physician brother. Carrying out the necessary legal research, Sharp published this book in 1769 to demonstrate that slavery has no basis in English law. In 1772, the landmark case of James Somerset was brought before Lord Mansfield, who upheld Sharp's contention: as a result, it was henceforth understood that any slave reaching the shores of England became free. Sharp's memoirs of his life are also reissued in this series

Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002. ; Digitized.

62 p. ; Caption title. ; William Bradford's name from Wing. ; Reproduction of the original in the Bamburgh Castle Library, University of Durham.

62 p. ; 19 cm. ; Censuring the colonists for their disregard of royal commissions. ; Caption title. ; Attributed to Gershom Bulkeley by Evans. ; Ascribed to the press of William Bradford by Wing. ; Imprint from colophon.

Printer's device (coat of arms); headpiece; initial. ; Signatures: 2G⁴. ; "Die Martis, 17 April, 1649. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this act be forthwith printed and published." ; Mode of access: Internet. ; MU: Pre-1801 imprint.

2 leaves. ; Caption title. ; Imprint from colophon. ; "Published the 11. day of Inne [sic]. 1625." ; Reproduction of original in: Society of Antiquaries.

[4], 23 p. ; Attributed to Daniel Defoe. Cf. BM. ; Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; Order to print signed: Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. ; Expressing their disapproval of "a petition tending to put the army into a distemper and mutiny." ; Expunged 8 June.--Steele. ; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.