Travel in the West. Cuba : with notices of Porto Rico, and the slave trade

1840 1ed SLAVERY in CUBA Travels Abolitionist Turnbull Tobacco Sugar Coffee MAP

David Turnbull was a 19th-century abolitionist who is best-remembered for his anti-slavery voyage to Cuba in 1838. While in Cuba, where slavery was still legal, Turnbull was blamed for creating unrest and slave revolts which resulted in his being expelled from Cuba. His experiences spurred him to write his book 'Travels in the West' in which he denounces slavery in Cuba and discussed the 'controversies' he created in the Caribbean slave movement.

Turnbull also describes tobacco, coffee, and sugar plantations and the reliance on slave labor in the commerce and trade markets.

Item number: #18253

Price: $599

TURNBULL, David

Travel in the West. Cuba : with notices of Porto Rico, and the slave trade

London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1840. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o xvi, [2], 574, [2]

o Map of Cuba included!!

· References: Larned 4145; Sabin 97460; Palau 342378

· Provenance: Handwritten – Arthur Renwick

o Sir Arthur Renwick (1837–1908) was an Australian physician, politician and philanthropist. As a politician he was one of the earliest to realise the responsibility of the state towards the poor. Renwick authored the Benevolent Society's incorporation act, he founded the state children's relief department, and as president of the original committee he had much to do with the bringing in of old-age pensions in New South Wales.

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~8.75in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)

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