Roscoe argues that the slave trade is an infringement on the laws of man, looks at the human cost and considers the political advantages and disadvantages of it. ‘…the frequency of… Keep reading
A sermon on the Tyrians who bought and sold the children of Israel, and were punished for it by God – used as an allegory of the greed of Britain in the… Keep reading
A tract that supports the slave trade for economic and political reasons – abolish the trade and Britain loses its influence in the world ‘We ought to consider whether the negroes… Keep reading
? Reasons why the slave trade doesn’t work from an economic standpoint ? Reasons why it makes more sense to cultivate a good commercial relationship with Africans, which will be more… Keep reading
Scope: An anonymous West India planter presents his arguments for the continuance of slavery in the Caribbean and why the trade should not be abolished Content: ? Presents a detailed… Keep reading
It has also been pretended that they [Africans] are of lower intellectual abilities that the rest of mankind…But this is absolutely false – God made of one blood all the sons of… Keep reading
Response to Considerations on the Emancipation of Negroes and the abolition of the slave trade by a west India planter (anti slavery tract) Keywords: slavery/slave trade/emancipation/sugar/planter/plantation
Biblical reasons given for the support of the trade – ‘analysis’ of the story of Joseph: ‘a further scriptural evidence that the conduct of Joseph in purchasing so many millions of… Keep reading
‘it is very remarkable, that among the works of Abraham…who constantly obeyed the voice of god…that there should be found among his works the practice of dealing in human flesh, the practice… Keep reading
