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The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality

The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality

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The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality

by [Aubin, Penelope]

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New-Haven: George Bunce, 1798. Second American edition. iv, [5]-216 pp. 12mo. Rebound in half calf and marbled boards, black morocco lettering piece. Front free endpaper damaged with loss along fore-edge, corners of title-page creased with loss at lower corner, text toned and stained. Second American edition. iv, [5]-216 pp. 12mo. The second American edition of this tale of the horrors of slavery as experienced by white Christians, by the moralizing author Penelope Aubin (ca.1679-1738?). First published in London in 1722 as The Noble Slaves: Or the Lives and Adventures of Two Lords and Two Ladies. This New Haven edition is preceded by the Danbury, Connecticut, edition of 1797. ESTC W19009 (4 copies)

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Title
The Noble Slaves. Being an Entertaining History of the Surprising Adventures, and Remarkable Deliverances, from Algerine Slavery, of Several Spanish Noblemen and Ladies of Quality
Author
[Aubin, Penelope]
Format/Binding
Iv, [5]-216 pp. 12mo
Book Condition
Used - Rebound in half calf and marbled boards, black morocco lettering piece. Front free endpaper damaged with loss along fore-edge, c
Quantity Available
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Edition
Second American edition
Publisher
George Bunce
Place of Publication
New-Haven
Date Published
1798
Keywords
British
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