"A Vision"
| Title | "A Vision" |
| Year for Search | 1782 |
| Authors | [McNally], [Leonard] |
| Tertiary Authors | M, [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | European Magazine and London Review |
| Volume / Edition | 1 |
| Pagination | 408-11 |
| Date Published | June 1782 |
| Keywords | Male author |
| Annotation | Presents an eloquent speech by an African American attacking U.S. policy and against slavery in the West Indies. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Town and Country Magazine (London) 20 (February 1788): 66-68; with the “M.” as “Negro Slavery.” The American Magazine, containing a Miscellaneous Collection 1.6 (May 1788): 377-81; and as “A Vision.” The New-York Magazine, or Literary Repository 2.4 (April 1791): 198-201. |
| Title Note | As “Negro Slavery.” The American Magazine, containing a Miscellaneous Collection 1.6 (May 1788): 377-81 |
| Author Note | The author was probably Leonard McNally (1752-1820), an Irish barrister, who was one of the founders and leaders of the United Irishmen who also served as a British spy providing information about them. |
| Full Text | 1782 [McNally, Leonard]. “A Vision.” By M. [pseud.]. European Magazine and London Review 1 (June 1782): 408-11. Rpt. in Town and Country Magazine (London) 20 (February 1788): 66-68; with the “M.” as “Negro Slavery.” The American Magazine, containing a Miscellaneous Collection 1.6 (May 1788): 377-81; and as “A Vision.” The New-York Magazine, or Literary Repository 2.4 (April 1791): 198-201. Presents an eloquent speech by an African American attacking U.S. policy and against slavery in the West Indies. The author was probably Leonard McNally (1752-1820), whose last name is also spelled, MacNally, an Irish barrister, who was one of the founders and leaders of the United Irishmen who also served as a British spy providing information about them. |
