Noonan, John Thomas

The Antelope The Ordeal of the Recaptured Africans in the Administrations of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams

Hardcover, Berkeley, California: Univ of California Pres, 1977. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. "On June 29, 1820, a ship containing 281 human beings in chains was intercepted off the Florida coast by a U. S. Treasury cutter. For the next eight years whether these beings were persons or property was disputed in the American courts." --from the front flap. Very Good Plus with Very Good Plus dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. Former owner bookplate on front pastedown. Ships same or next business day. ; 8.90 X 5.70 X 0.80 inches; 198 pages. [Item #71976]

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