Item #87518 West Africa. Correspondence Respecting the Trial of Certain Persons at Sierra Leone for the Murder of a Slave Girl at Onitsha on the River Niger

West Africa. Correspondence Respecting the Trial of Certain Persons at Sierra Leone for the Murder of a Slave Girl at Onitsha on the River Niger

London: HMSO (Printed by George E. B. Eyre and William Spottiswoode), 1882. Paperback. 52p. No separate wrapper present. 34cm. Modest chipping and wear. Browning around edges. Later stitching. 1878 death of a slave girl in Onitsha (Nigeria) after W. F. John, her master, beat and had her beaten and then had pepper roughly inserted into various orifices -- the subsequent trial, resulting in manslaughter convictions, was held in Sierra Leone. Good. Item #87518
ISBN: B0013J59RG

Price: $375.00

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