Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 7/3/27
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 7/3/27
Title
‘Africanus’. ‘To the Printer’.
Date(s)
- Circa 1800 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
(fl 1772-1797)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Argues the moral case in favour of the slave trade, suggesting that removing Africans from the dangers of their culture and introducing them to Christianity is to their benefit. Manuscript.