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��1 HE Poem of ' The West Indies,' origi- nally published by Mr BowYER,in his splen- did volume on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, is now presented in a form more con- venient for general perusal.

' There are objections against the title and plan of this piece, which will occur to almost every reader. The Author will not antici- pate them : he will only observe, that the ti- tle seemed the best, and the plan the most eligible, which he could adapt to a subject so various and excursive, yet so familiar and exhausted, as the African Slave Trade, — a subject which had become antiquated, by frequent, minute, and disgusting exposure ;

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