Porteus, Beilby, Rev.:

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A LETTER TO THE GOVERNORS, LEGISLATURES, AND PROPRIETORS OF PLANTATIONS, IN THE BRITISH WEST-INDIA ISLANDS. An address by the Bishop of London - also the President of the Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negro Slaves in the British West India Islands - calling for the introduction of Christianity and education among the slaves, a controversial topic at the time. Rare, with only three copies listed in OCLC, at the Clements Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Jamaica.

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