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20 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) ; Dedicated to Thomas Jefferson. ; The 1792 impression recorded by Evans (entry 24152) is a ghost of the present edition.

This work by the anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp (1735–1813) brings together legal and historical documents, as well as the author's own legal arguments, demonstrating that slavery was illegal and therefore could not be upheld in England.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

Military Expedition of Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in Texas. p. 2-4. Commission of Agustin Fernandez de San Vicente to encourage independence in California. p. 5-7. Report of General Captaincy of Provinces of East and West Mexico; emigration of Americans moving to Texas and movement of American troops along the Mexican border. p. 8-70. Arrival of the English consul, Carlos O 'Gorman to the port of Veracruz. p. 71-81. Declaration by J.R. Poinsett, United States Minister to Mexico on a speech given by Everettis, U.S. minister in Spain about the independence of Mexico. p. 82 to 92. Reports on foreign movements in New Mexico. p. 93-95. Reports and press clippings on the issue of a Spanish ship on the island of Cuba. p. 96-103. The Secretary of War and Navy, sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports on the riots and revolts in Nacogdoches to free Texas. Correspondence to J.R. Poinsett and Henry Clay on the matter. p. 104-153. The War Department and Navy sends reports on arrests made by the sheriff of Natchitoches in Mexico without legal permission. p. 154-156. Article on Mexico; "Mexico Independent". p. 157-158. Report from Fray José de Jesús Puelles the Apostolic College of Our Lady of Guadalupe de Zacatecas, on the Texas-Louisiana boundary. p. 159-174. Copies of the events among American troops on the Texas-Mexico border in the year 1806. p. 175- 194

New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was dissolved in 1849, provided legal and financial assistance to individual slaves seeking manumission and supported efforts to enforce laws banning the sale of slaves in New York State. Meeting minutes, commission reports, financial records, indentures, registers, and miscellaneous records of the New-York Manumission Society, dating from the year of the Societys organization in 1785 to that of its dissolution in 1849. Minutes of the Societys quarterly meetings, standing committee, and ways amd means committee concern such topics as political activities of the Society, Society finances, efforts to enact legal reforms aimed at abolishing the slave trade in New York and preventing the exportation of slaves, reports on individual cases of slaves in need of assistance in negotiating their freedom, the protection of manumitted slaves, reports and decisions concerning the Societys sponsorship and operation of the African Free School and houses of refuge for the benefit of New Yorks African American population, appointments, elections, etc. Records also include an account book, 1819-1849, kept by the treasurer of the Society; a register of manumissions of slaves in New York City, 1816 Jun. 18-1818 May 28; indentures, 1809-1829, drawn up for slaves granted the status of indentured servants with the assistance of the Society; and miscellaneous minutes and reports, including papers pertaining to the American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. Some of the Societys active members were: Robert C. Cornell, W. W. Woolsey, Nehemiah Allen, Melancton Smith, William T. Slocum, Samuel Bowne, Adrian Hegeman, Willet Seaman, Thomas Burling, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Duane, John Murray, Jr., William Dunlap, Alexander McDougall, Noah Webster, Egbert Benson, and many others.