William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his published work on the subject.

William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his published work on the subject.

A Collection of 28 books related to the subject of slavery, from William St Clair's personal library, many of which were used in the development of his book 'The Grand Slave Emporium; Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade' (Profile Books, London, 2006) and published in the United States as 'The Door of No Return; The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade', published by Bluebridge, New York, 2007.

Included here are 2 personal copies of his work:

The Grand Slave Emporium; Cape Coast Castle and the British Slave Trade, Profile Books, London, 2007 - 1st paperback edition, inscribed by him;

The Door of No Return; The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade', published by Bluebridge, New York, 2007. With handwritten note to William St Clair from his U.S. Publisher.

The reference works included are:

Cape Coast in History, edited by Kwesi Brew & J. Erskine Graham, Anglican Printing Press, Cape Coast, 1994;

Castles & Forts of Ghana, Kwesi J. Anquandah, Ghana Museums & Monuments Board, Atalante, 1999;

Forts and Castles of Ghana, Albert van Dantzig, Sedco Publishing Ltd., Accra, 1999. Signed by William St Clair;

Cape Coast Castle; A Collection of Poems, Kwado Opuku-Agyemang, Afram Publications (Ghana) Limited, Accra, 1996, Signed by William St Clair;

Chrisiansbourg Castle - Osu, Barbara Priddy, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Accra, 1970;

Accused in the Gold Coast (Now Ghana), Fred Agyemang, Pedigree Publications, Ghana, Accra, 2001;

Ancient Forts and Castles, of the Gold Coast (Ghana), Dr. Isaac S. Ephson, Ilen publications, Accra, 1970;

Africa & Slavery, Gert Jan Bestebreurtje, Antiquarian Bookseller catalogue No. 116, Vianen, Netherlands, Undated;

New Studies in Economic and Social History; Slavery, Atlantic Trade and the British Economy, 1660-1800, Kenneth Morgan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000;

The British Slave Trade, Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2006;

Africans and The Industrial Revolution in England; A Study in International Trade and Economic Development, Joseph E. Inikori, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002. Signed by William St Clair;

Slaves in the New Testament; Literary, Social and Moral Dimensions, J. Albert Harrill, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2006;

Africa Remembered; Narratives by West Africans from the Era of the Slave Trade, edited by Philip D. Curtin, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Milwaukee & London, 1968;

A Voyage to Africa; Including a Narrative of an Embassy to One of the Interior Kingdoms in the Year 1820, William Huttton, Elibron Classics. A 2003 facsimile reprint of the 1821 publication. With 2 folded loose leaf maps. Signed by William St Clair;

Progress of a Race or The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro from the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust, by H.F. Kletzing and W.H. Crogman. With an Introduction by Booker T. Washington. Published by J.L. Nichols & Co, Atlanta, Naperville & Toronto, 1897;

Freedom Is as Freedom Does,; Civil Liberties Today, by Corliss Lamont, Horizon Press, New York, 1956. Presentation copy with signed inscription from the author to Mary Redmer. Also signed by William St Clair;

Eight Weeks; A Novel by Vlyde Chantler, Linden Press, London, 1965;

Homegoing; A Novel, by Yaa Gyasi. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2016. With extensive pencil annotations by William St Clair;

Saltwater Slavery; A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora, Stephanie E. Smallwood, Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, 2007. Signed by William St Clair;

The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, by Olaudah Equiano, Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1999 publication of a work first published in 1814. Signed by William St Clair;

The Life and Letters of Philip Quaque, the First African Missionary. Edited by Vincent Carretta & Ty M. Reese, The University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 2010;

Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery, and Other Writings, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano. Edited by Vincent Carretta, Penguin Books, New York, 1999;

Slavery in the History of Black Africa, Humphrey J. Fisher, Hurst & Company, London, 2001;

New Approaches to the Americas: The Atlantic Slave Trade, Herbert S. Klein, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. Signed by William St Clair;

Black Ivory; A History of British Slavery, James Walvin, Howard University Press, Washington, D.C., 1994;

Bury the Chains; The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery, Adam Hochschild, Macmillan, London, 2005. 

Please advise if you have any specific questions about any of the included titles.

Weight approximately 11kg unpacked.