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[ABOLITION]. BENEZET, Anthony (1713–1784). A Caution to Great Britain and Her Colonies in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions. London: James Phillips, 1784.
8vo. 1pp. publisher’s ad at end. Original sewn drab wrappers (spine chipped with losses, corners creased).
FIRST LONDON EDITION, originally published in Philadelphia in 1766. A seminal anti–slavery work distributed on both sides of the Atlantic. This edition “served as a reminder that despite the American victory in the Revolution the stated ideals of the Declaration of Independence had yet to be achieved” (Reese catalogue note). Howes B345; Sabin 4671.