An Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St. Domingo: A Short Account of its Ancient Government, Political State, Population, Productions and Exports; A Narrative of the Calamities which have Desolated the Country ever since the Year.

EDWARDS, Bryan

Verlag: Printed for John Stockdale, London, 1797

Beschreibung

Lacks folding map of St. Domingo, pp. (xxiv) + 247. In original cloth, somewhat worn. Pages clean and bright without foxing. A very full but critical description of the island of St. Domingo, in which Edwards condemns the French settlers for their treatment of the natives and, at the same time, argues against the British trade restrictions on the newly-independent United States. The author spent most of his early life in the West Indies working as a merchant and plantation-owner. This work elicited an angry response both from members of the French community and from the British politicians. He returned to England in 1792 and became a member of Parliament, where he continued his fight for unrestricted trade between the West Indies and the United States. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002867

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Historical Survey of the French Colony in...

Verlag: Printed for John Stockdale, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1797

Einband: Cloth

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition