[Slave Trade]. Slave Trade. No. 1 (1877). Report from Her Majesty's Consul at Jeddah respecting a fugitive slave who escaped from Her Majesty's ship "Fawn." Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. 1877. [C.-1800].

London, Harrison and Sons, 1877.

Folio. (2), 2 pp. Top edge gilt. Disbound.

€ 800.00

On the case of the slave Morrjan, apparently about 20 years old, who swam to a British steamer in Jeddah harbour to seek his freedom, but was returned to his master through the local Governor, being the slave of an Ottoman subject.

Extracted from a volume of parliamentary papers. First leaf loose; slight gutter defects, but well-preserved.

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