A report of the debate, giving details of the arguments presented on both sides; Wilberforce features prominently, also witnesses’ accounts of the trade, including voyages, trading with African traders, keeping of Africans… Keep reading
Sir William Dolben in the Chair, London, dated 1791; pamphlet shows his support of the trade, and arguments against the motion; references history and origin of trade, manner of it, middle passage,… Keep reading
Wilberforce puts forward his motion to end the slave trade citing examples of the cruel nature of the trade in all its manifestations, and the result of the motion, which was that… Keep reading
Pamphlet by Wilberforce on the slave trade, and reasons for its abolition, examining all aspects of enslavement and the trade, including: ? how Africans are captured ? arguments supporting the… Keep reading
A plea by Wilberforce to the French ambassador to end the French slave trade, with an appendix of extracts of other authors, not advocates for the abolition of the slave trade.
A criticism of the African Institution by Thorpe, who argued that the slave trade was expanding in the colony, and not repressed; lack of progress and production, bad management, disregard of 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
