A. M. Falconbridge. Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone, During the Years 1791-2-3. London: L. I....

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Pro-Slavery Book By the Wife of an Outspoken Abolitionist

A. M. Falconbridge. Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone, During the Years 1791-2-3. London: L. I. Higham, 1802.

Second edition. Octavo. vii, 287 pages.

Later half polished calf over marbled boards. Raised bands; gilt lettering to leather title labels on spine. Some restoration work to dedication page and rear errata page. Inked name of previous owner, dated 1816. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very good condition.

Anna Maria Falconbridge was the wife of Alexander Falconbridge, who wrote An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa, an abolitionist treatise. After his death, his wife published this book, a series of letters, in which she professes views contrary to her late husband's. "For a length of time I viewed the Slave Trade with abhorrence [...]; but I am not ashamed to confess, those sentiments were the effect of ignorance, and the prejudice of opinion, imbibed by associating with a circle of acquaintances, bigoted for the abolition, before I had acquired information enough to form any independent thoughts upon the subject [...]" (p. 235). From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.

Gay, 2848.