Full title: An address to the British public, on the case of Brigadier-General Picton, late governor and Captain-General of the island of Trinidad : with observations on the conduct of William Fullarton, Esq., F.R.S. and the Right Honourable John Sullivan.
A libellous and unpleasant work that is not an address to the British Public but the English, a number of Picton's accusers were Scots and Draper was turned down by Scottish publishers. Picton was convicted of torturing a freeborn Trinidadian when governor, the conviction was overturned on appeal and he went on to be the most senior officer who died at Waterloo. There have now been demands to take down the statues. Draper was convicted of libel and got 3 months, later settling in Brit,ain's newest colony, Mauritius, in 1812, where he was an advocate of horse racing and slavery. xvi, 282, 56p appendix of Trinidad proceedings, [2], errata. Loss to lower margin of p261, not affecting, half title is present, small holes to errata page, modern marbled paper wrappers, scattered spotting, housed in calf-backed cloth drop-back box.