A slip of paper pasted to the front free endpaper stating - ‘from the author’ - is affixed to the front free endpaperAlthough Britain abolished slavery throughout its Empire in 1833, the slave trade continued to flourish. An important account of slavery in Africa, Asia and South America, which includes Livingstone’s final expedition. Cooper realised that slavery came in many forms (not least immigration) and firmly advocated its abolition in Egypt and Turkey. Hosken, p50.
