Slaven en Vrijen onder de Nederlandsche Wet

Dr. W.R. van Hoëvell. [2 volumes]. Zaltbommel. Joh. Noman en Zoon. 1854. [First edition]. 8vo, red cloth, title on spine and illustration on front board in gilt stamping, (16),(1),224 and (1),289 pp., complete with 2x title and tinted illustration (of which one with additional handcolouring) and 4 full-page tinted illustrations (one with additional colouring), all in lithography by C.C.A. Last. Spines with minor damage and boards with traces of use; else good copies of this scarce work.

*This work was published in 1854, 2 years after the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Hoëvell, a liberal, wrote the book when the abolition of slavery was debated in the Dutch parliament. Baron van Hoëvell mainly writes on the very harsh treatment of the slaves in Suriname (total 2).