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Verlag: J. Davenport; J.S. Jordan. [1802], 1802
Anbieter: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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32pp. In later drab wrappers, chipped at edges. The first edition was in 24pp; no copies are recorded of the second edition & this third edition in 32pp is at Cambridge only. Joseph Wall, 1737-1802, was a 6 ft. 4in. Irish ne'er-do-well who served in the British army. Despite having the manners and appearance of a gentleman, he had a history of cruelty & violence. Imprisoned in 1773 but later exonerated and awarded £1,000 damages, he was then prosecuted by a Miss Gregory for assault and defamation and he was also responsible for killing an acquaintance in an 'affair of honour'. All this was before he procured the position of Lieutenant General of Goree, a West African island off Dakar, Senegal, which had been used in the slave trade, but by 1779 had become an important trading post for peanuts, gum arabic, beeswax, grain and ivory. On the voyage out to Goree, Wall had a transportee flogged who later died of his wounds. In 1782, he ordered a number of soldiers who had complained about not receiving pay to be flogged & three men died: Thomas Upton after 350 lashes, Benjamin Armstrong and George Paterson after 800 lashes. On his return to England (Goree was ceded to France by the Treaty of Paris, 1783) he was arrested but escaped to France. Eventually returning, he was tried and convicted inside a day and executed at the 'New Drop' eight days later. Wall's remains lie in St Pancras Old Church, London.