£110
William Luboys. 'The Converted African, Written by Himself,' 'Part First. This Piece was published by William Luboys, an African, who was converted by the means of the Methodist Missionaries, at Gibraltar,' folio sheet describing his conversion, the writer describing himself as a 'Seaman on board the Wizard, Capt. Moseberry, in HisMajesty's Service [with its] First Lieutenant, Mr Thomson...ordering the Master of Arms to put me in Irons...saying he would flog the Methodist out of me...However escaped the punishment [and was] ordered to be taken down', The prose description of this over two columns is concluded with 'A Christian Hymn Composed by an Indian Near Unto Death', 340mm x 220mm, Drew, Printer and Bookbinder, St. Austell, late 18th century.
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