1810 SLAVERY | ABOLITION. Psalm Book of One of the Most Notorious Slave Owners in England Vellum The Necessity of the Atonement

The Necessity of the Atonement

spine reinforced and binding quite shaken

Mary Overman

Foster [more incendiary than Garrison even]

Not only is it quite scarce on the market and interesting in that it relates the small pox crisis of the late 18th century

1810 SLAVERY | ABOLITION. Psalm Book of One of the Most Notorious Slave Owners in England Vellum The Necessity of the AtonementWhat a wonderful and tragic little piece of history. This sleek, full red leather edition of the Psalms was a presentation copy to William Barton, Esq, Mayor of Liverpool. Barton was one third of the Liverpool shipping firm, Barton, Irlam, and Higginson. Sensing the change in England, the firm kept their own fleet clear of charges of slave trading, opting instead to concentrate on moving slave goods, i. e. cotton, sugar, etc., That said, their hands