(SLAVERY). George Gerson Belinfante. Het Eiland St. Martin, zijn toestand, uitzigten en goed regt, naar de jongste berigten.

Estimate

$1,200–$1,800

Hammer price

Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Belinfante Brothers

Place

The Hague

Publication

1863

Description

Only edition. Uncut copy.

summary

Rare pamphlet justifying the need for compensation to slave-owners on the Dutch part of the Caribbean island of St. Martin / Sint Maarten following the abolition of slavery in 1863. Belinfante claims documentary facts as of 1848 were erroneously submitted leading to lower rates of compensation in St. Martin: Fl. 36 per slave, as opposed to fl. 200, paid by the Government to others in the Dutch possessions of the Caribbean and Surinam. Scion of a prominent Dutch-Jewish family, George Gerson Belinfante (1837-88) was not opposed to abolition, rather he fought to obtain what he regarded as just compensation for slave-owners.

pp. 38, (1). Original yellow printed wrappers. Ex-library. 8vo.

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