American slave trade: or, An account of the manner in which the slave dealers take free people from some of the United States of America, and carry them away

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This digital compilation was developed in support of the NYPL website, "The African American Migration Experience," a sweeping 500-year historical narrative from the transatlantic slave trade to the Western migration, the colonization movement, the Great Migration, and the contemporary immigration of Caribbeans, Haitians, and sub-Saharan Africans.

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NYPL. "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience."(2005) <http://www.inmotionaame.org>

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Names: Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1822; Place: London; Publisher: Reprinted by C. Clement and published by J. M. Cobbett
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.4-T
Topics: Slavery -- United States
Genres: Illustrations
Notes: Content: American slave trade; or, An Account of the manner in which the slave dealers take free people from some of the United States of America, and carry them away, and sell them as slaves in other of the states; and of the horrible cruelties practised in the carrying on of this most infamous traffic: with reflections on the project for forming a colony of American blacks in Africa, and certain documents respecting that project. By Jesse Torrey, Jun., physician.
Physical Description: Extent: Xvi, 119 p. illus., 5 plates. 19 cm.; Engravings
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR10345022-B; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11661457; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 72a959a0-c61a-012f-8045-58d385a7bc34