Gleanings in Africa; Exhibiting a Faithful and Correct View of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope Interspersed with Observations on the State of Slavery in a Series of Letters from an English Officer, Etc. (Paperback)

Title: Gleanings in Africa; exhibiting a faithful and correct view of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope ... Interspersed with observations ... on the state of slavery ... In a series of letters from an English officer, etc. [With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The SLAVERY COLLECTIONS include books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection provides original works on world slavery by writers, abolitionists, historians, theologians, and poets including an examination of the enslavement of Africans and the slave trade. Further works look at the slavery of impoverished children and provide narratives offering firsthand observations.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Anonymous; 1806. xxi. 320 p.; 8 . 010077.l.15.