In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

267 BiBliogRaphY This selected bibliography contains two alphabetical lists: the first contains all the primary sources that Benezet cited (or used without citing) in his published antislavery writings; the second alphabetical list contains the secondary sources I have found most helpful in compiling this edition. The most important primary sources for Benezet were the voyage and travel narratives written and published by Europeans about their experiences with Africans before and during the transatlantic slave trade—whether in Africa, at sea, or in the Americas. Some of these narratives came to Benezet already collected in anthologies: of them the most important are those listed here under the names of Astley, Bowen, and Churchill. An important description and analysis of these collections can be found in the secondary sources under Crone and Skelton. pRiMaRY souRces The Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon, 1769. Adanson, Michel. A Voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia. Translated from French. “With notes by an English gentleman, who resided some time in that country.” Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing, A. James, and H. Bradley, Booksellers; and London: Printed for J. Nourse in the Strand, and W. Jonhston [sic] in Ludgate-Street, 1759. Anderson, Adam. An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce. 2 vols. London: A. Millar [etc.], 1764. Arthus, Gothard. [“A True and Historical Description of the Gold Coast.”] In Theodor de Bry, India Orientalis, pt. 6. Frankfurt: W. Richteri, 1604. [This collection of voyages was published in Latin translations from the original languages. Arthus was probably the translator into Latin of a text authored by Peter Marees. Excerpted in Astley’s Collection, vol. 2.] The Assiento; or Contract for Allowing the Subjects of Great Britain the Liberty of Importing Negroes into the Spanish America. London: Printed by John Baskett, 1713. 268 | Bibliography [Astley’s Collection.] A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels: Consisting of the Most Esteemed Relations, Which Have Been Hitherto Published in Any Language. . . . So as to Form a Compleat System of Modern Geography and History, Exhibiting the Present State of All Nations . . . . Published by his Majesty ’s Authority. 4 vols. London: Printed for Thomas Astley, in Pater-NosterRow 1745–47. [originally issued in weekly parts, 1743–45, and compiled by John Green but commonly referred to as Astley’s Collection. Reprinted by Barnes and Noble, 1968, as part of the Cass Library of African Studies: travels and narratives no. 47. This is by far Benezet’s most important source. He mined the first three volumes for 90 percent of the quotations in his first two pamphlets, generally attributing the quotes to their original authors while giving due credit to Astley. The Collection itself is an extraordinary example of bookmaking and scholarship, carefully planned, documented, and executed. Benezet was most often content simply to quote from the Collection, but he also used it as a reference work, occasionally going behind it to the original sources to which it points. This appears to have been the case most frequently for his references to Atkins, Barbot, Bosman, Moore, and Smith (see respective entries).] Atkins, John. A Voyage to Guinea, Brasil, and the West-Indies in His Majesty’s Ships, the Swallow and the Weymouth . . . by John Atkins, Surgeon in the Royal Navy. London: Printed for Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, at the Ship between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street; and Sold at Their Shop in Scarborough, 1735. 2d ed., 1737. [Excerpted in Astley’s Collection, vol. 2.] Bancroft, Edward. An Essay on the Natural History of Guiana. London, 1769. Barbot, James. “Abstract of a Voyage to Congo River, or Zair, and Cabinda, in the Year 1700, by James Barbot, Junior, and John Casseneuve.” In Jean Barbot, Description, in Churchill’s Collection, 5:497–552. Barbot, Jean. A Description of the Coasts of North and South-Guinea. . . . With an Appendix Being a General Account of the First Discoveries of America . . . by John Barbot . . . Now First Printed from His Original Manuscript. [Vol. 5 of Churchill’s Collection, 1732, reprinted 1744–46 and 1752. Excerpted in Astley’s Collection, vols. 2 and 3.] Baxter, Richard. A Christian Directory. London: Printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons [etc.], 1673. Bernardin de Saint Pierre, Jacques. Voyage à l’Île de France, à l’île Bourbon et au Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Amsterdam, 1773. Excerpts were translated into English and published in the Scots Magazine 35...

Share