Note 1 — APHRA BEHN (continued 3)

There were also many chap-books on similar themes which enjoyed no small popularity, e.g., The Royal African; or, The Memoirs of the Young Prince of Annamaboe (circa 1750), the romantic narrative of a negro prince, who became a slave in Barbadoes, from whence he was redeemed and brought to England.

2 Mis-spelt ‘Griffiths’ in the 1800 edition.

3 There was ‘a superior edition on a fine wove paper, Hot-pressed, with Proof Impressions of the Plates. Price only Nine-pence.’

4 The Agitation for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.