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Book/Printed Material The Foulahs of Central Africa, and the African slave trade

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Title

  • The Foulahs of Central Africa, and the African slave trade

Summary

  • An extended discussion about the Fulani (Foulahs) of West Africa as a people who could be enrolled in the effort to stop the slave trade at its source. Deals mostly with Fulani ethnology and language rather than with slavery or the slave trade.

Names

  • Hodgson, William Brown, 1800-1871
  • Hodgson, William Brown, 1800-1871, inscriber
  • Astor Library, former owner
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Omar ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York? : s.n.], 1843.

Headings

  • -  Fula (African people)
  • -  Slave trade--Africa

Notes

  • -  Cover title.
  • -  LC copy with call number GN652.F9 H6 not examined

Medium

  • 24 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GN652.F9 H6
  • E449 .D16 vol. 20, no. 10
  • E445.N8 O43, no. 20 Trimmed to 22 cm. Inscribed on cover "The chevalier [?] with the respects of the author". Has ink property stamp on cover "Astor Library".

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05038984

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Omar Ibn Said Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Omar Ibn Said Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Hodgson, William Brown, William Brown Hodgson, Former Owner Astor Library, Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection, and Omar Ibn Said Collection. The Foulahs of Central Africa, and the African slave trade. [New York?: s.n, 1843] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05038984/.

APA citation style:

Hodgson, W. B., Hodgson, W. B., Astor Library, F. O., Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection & Omar Ibn Said Collection. (1843) The Foulahs of Central Africa, and the African slave trade. [New York?: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05038984/.

MLA citation style:

Hodgson, William Brown, et al. The Foulahs of Central Africa, and the African slave trade. [New York?: s.n, 1843] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/05038984/>.