London. Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme. 1807. pp.(ii), 14, 136, errata leaf, advert leaf. 12mo. Full calf, hinges rubbed but firm. 1st edition. With the book label of J O Edwards. The poem is divided into 3 books with notes to each book at the end. Book 3 contains the following narrative - Zimeo, heir to the throne of Benin, was decoyed onto a Portugese vessel and carried into slavery. Sold to a Jamaican planter, he escaped and joined the wild negroes, becoming their leader and spreading fire and desctruction over the plantations except for the one owned by Wilmot, a benevolent quaker.

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