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A second address to the right reverend the prelates of England and Wales, on the subject of the slave trade (London 1795)

Reference: Binnsvol023-010 Volume: BINNS VOL. 23 Author: Unknown Year: 1795
A plea to the bishops of England to condemn the slave trade and to encourage their parishioners to do the same: ‘It is therefore particularly to be wished that your lordships… Keep reading
 Unknown 1795 11

An address to the people of Great Britain on the propriety of abstaining from West India sugar and rum, 21st edition (date unknown)

Reference: Binnsvol024-006 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: Unknown Year: 1795
A tract supporting the refusal to use slave produced goods, primarily sugar as a method of protesting against slavery, explaining the results of such an action: ‘The consumption of sugar in… Keep reading
 Unknown 1795 5

Effects of slavery on morals and industry, by Noah Webster Esq. counsellor at law and member of the Connecticut society for the promotion of freedom (Hartford, Conn. 1793)

Reference: Binnsvol023-009 Volume: BINNS VOL. 23 Author: WEBSTER (Noah) Year: 1795
American anti slavery tract examining the effects of slavery on Africans and Europeans, but calling for a gradual abolition.
 WEBSTER (Noah) 1795 29

Substance of the report of the Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company delivered to the general court of proprietors on Thursday 26th February 1795 (London 1795)

Reference: Binnsvol024-005 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: Unknown Year: 1795
A report of a disaster that occurred in the colony of Sierra Leone involving the French, who took control of the colony for a number of days, and pillaged the settlements of… Keep reading
 Unknown 1795 12

The Dying Negro, a poem in English and German (Leipzig 1798, with an engraving of an African in chains on a ship, holding a dagger, possibly a scene of a rebellion)

Reference: Binnsvol024-012 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: BICKNELL (John) and DAY (Thomas) Year: 1798
BICKNELL (John) and DAY (Thomas) 1798 37

Abstract of an act for better regulating the manner of carrying slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa, passed July 12th, 1799 (1799)

Reference: Binnsvol020-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 20 Author: Unknown Year: 1799
Abstract of law of the regulation of the trafficking of Africans, including having less Africans on board, more room on the ships etc. Key for illustrating how the British government attempted on… Keep reading
 Unknown 1799 13

An account of the emancipation of the slaves of Unity Valley Pen, in Jamaica, by David Barclay (London 1801)

Reference: Binnsvol023-011 Volume: BINNS VOL. 23 Author: BARCLAY (David) Year: 1801
An account of David and John Barclay, who emancipated 32 slaves from a property they had in Jamaica – two were manumitted in Jamaica, and the rest were sent to Philadelphia under… Keep reading
 BARCLAY (David) 1801 11

An account of the emancipation of the Slaves..

Reference: Suppvol172-001 Volume: SUPP. VOL. 172 Author: BARCLAY (David) Year: 1801
BARCLAY (David) 1801 11