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Englands slavery, or Barbados merchandize; : represented in a petition to the high court of Parliament, by Marcellus Rivers and Oxenbridge Foyle gentlemen, on behalf of themselves and three-score and ten more free-born Englishmen sold (uncondemned) into slavery: together with letters written to some honourable members of Parliament.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rivers, Marcellus
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, : printed in the eleventh year of Englands liberty., 1659.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Slavery > Early works to 1800. Detention of persons > Barbados > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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