Thomas Pringle: South African Pioneer, Poet and Abolitionist

by Randolph Vigne

A fine biography. [It] is a most satisfying book and an important contribution to South African scholarship. CAPE TIMES

Scottish poet, fighter for human rights in the Cape Colony, and abolitionist, reveals the role this key Enlightenment figure played in Africa and Britain.

This biography of Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), poet, fighter for human rights in the Cape Colony, and abolitionist, reveals the role this key Enlightenment figure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847010520
• ISBN13: 9781847010520
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.5" x 6.4"