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Buy this book on-line [Dumat, Frank and Harry Escombe (compilers)] : A Remonstrance on Behalf of the Zulu Chiefs. 1889(Pietermaritzburg: Africana Book Collectors, 1989) 0620140992 ISBN 0620140992
Africana Book Collectors Pamphlet Series No. 6. Grant Christison's copy, with his pencilled note on the title page: "Wrote the Intro., saw it through the press." Copy No. 2 of an edition limited to 200 copies. Facsimile reprint of the 1908 edition. 180 x 130 mm; printed card wrappers; pp. (iv) + 94. Fine condition. "In 1888 Dinuzulu and some of his followers opposed some actions of the Government and were alleged to be in revolt. They were subsequently arrested. Dumat and Escombe claimed the trial to be rigged and that Dinuzulu and the other accused had no chance of acquittal. In A remonstrance on behalf of the Zulu chiefs. 1889 Dumat & Escombe give full details of the trials, as well as the Usuthu (Zulu) account of the disturbance leading up to the trials. This document is a powerful indictment of British colonial rule in Natal & Zululand at that time." Interestingly, the 1908 edition of this booklet was issued with the aim of supporting Dinuzulu after his arrest during the 'Bambata Rebellion'. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of [Dumat, Frank and Harry Escombe (compilers)] : A Remonstrance on Behalf of the Zulu Chiefs. 1889. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, rare books, antiquarian books, livres rares and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |