Discussion of the present condition of slaves; decline of slavery in some places due to technological advances; increase of slave population in the US; state of slavery in Brazil; affects of commerce… Keep reading
Discussion of the benefits of the spread of Christianity ‘to lessen the miseries and promote the happiness of man’ which has contributed to the decline of slavery; argument of using labour provided… Keep reading
Basic argument is that people are more productive if you pay them for their labour rather than force them to work. The pamphlet is written in French and English.
The author rejects the assertion made by Marryat that East Indian sugar is produced by slaves, and argues that the ‘old’ colonies are no longer as productive as they once were (which… Keep reading
Keywords: manufacture, shipping, sugar East Indies, West Indies, profit, trading. Presents an argument refuting that East Indian sugar is produced by free labourers, and therefore it could be consumed with a clear… Keep reading
this proslavery tract has the author presenting his understanding of the different agendas of all those involved in the arguments for emancipation: ‘An able writer in Blackwoods Magazine has divided the… Keep reading
A call by Wilberforce to end slavery in the British colonies, giving a brief history of the slave trade, the oppression of Africans by written law, religious and moral issues; Sierra Leone… Keep reading
A letter expressing concern about the proposal to abolish slavery in the West Indies – fear of loss of labour, criticism of Wilberforce, inability of African Caribbeans to self govern.
Attached is the model of the ship with Africans in the hold. A report of the capture of a number of slave ships from Spain and France captured off the coast of… Keep reading
The author argues that conditions in the East Indies, of the poor in England, impressment are far worse conditions than slavery: ‘I here solemnly declare, that I would rather be a… Keep reading
