Blue vertical-fine-rib-grain cloth. Gold stamping on front and spine. No decoration on back. Top gilt.
Book contents: Beginnings of American slavery -- Early legislation against the slave traffic -- Illegal traffic in slaves -- Preparations for Clotilde's voyage -- The capture of the Tarkars -- Voyage of the Clotilde -- The return -- The Tarkars at Dabney's plantation -- Tarkar life in America -- Impressions of Alabama in 1846. Book topics: Slave-trade--United States; Slavery--Alabama.