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Book/Printed Material Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, An inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery Immediate, not gradual abolition / Inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery

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[ African American Pamphlet Collection copy ]

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Title

  • Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, An inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery

Other Title

  • Immediate, not gradual abolition
  • Inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery

Names

  • Heyrick, Elizabeth, 1769-1831
  • African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Boston, Published by Isaac Knapp, 1838.

Headings

  • -  Enslaved persons--Emancipation--West Indies, British
  • -  Antislavery movements--Great Britain

Notes

  • -  First published in England, 1824.

Medium

  • 35 p. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HT1093 .H5 1838
  • E185 .A254 container H, no. 130 Another copy. Formerly part of YA Collection: YA 23696. Source unknown.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11009325

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Heyrick, Elizabeth, and African American Pamphlet Collection. Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, An inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery. Boston, Published by Isaac Knapp, 1838. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/11009325/.

APA citation style:

Heyrick, E. & African American Pamphlet Collection. (1838) Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, An inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery. Boston, Published by Isaac Knapp. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/11009325/.

MLA citation style:

Heyrick, Elizabeth, and African American Pamphlet Collection. Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, An inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery. Boston, Published by Isaac Knapp, 1838. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/11009325/>.