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
Gives a description of Cape Mezurado, which was colonised by the Americans and renamed Liberia: Their houses are remarkably neat. Their kitchens, which are a little elevated from the ground, are… 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
Pamphlet that supports the slave trade because of the financial benefits to Britain; criticism of abolitionists; assertion that that claims of brutality are false; that people ought to look to the suffering… Keep reading
Tract that investigates to what extent commerce drives the trade in Africans. He argues that the trade is immensely profitable, but questions whether it is right to sell humans, and suggests trading… Keep reading
remarks on the dispositions and characters of the African slaves and means suggested for the distribution of their labour; the regulation of their habitations, food, clothing and religious instruction; the accommodation of… Keep reading
Evidence given by individuals involved in the slave trade through voyages, trading residing in W Africa; alphabetical list of the names of witnesses; methods of capture; manner in which wars are precipitated… Keep reading
Evidence provided (as a summary) by men who had been working and living in Africa, questioned about their knowledge of the region; African slavery system which differed greatly from the European system;… Keep reading
Evidence provided by people involved in the slave trade of their experience and opinion (generally favourable and supportive) of acquisition of enslaved, methods they used to try and escape; illness among the… Keep reading
A proslavery tract that argues the Africans are better off being under the care of the British; that the abolition of the slave trade would not mean that the trade would end… Keep reading
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
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
Macaulay is responding to a number of charges made by Dr Thorpe, accusing him of impropriety in his dealings in the colony of Sierra Leone. Thorpe had acquired a number of private… Keep reading
A eulogy given on the Occasion of Cuffee’s death, a well known African American captain who had travelled the world and became a businessman, and who also sailed a ship with an… Keep reading
A number of speeches by Wilberforce and other MPs on trying to prevent the establishment of slavery in South Africa with all the MPs in agreement; however, Wilberforce argues that immediate emancipation… Keep reading
These letters state the reasons why sugar ought to be cultivated and acquired in East India – to introduce a fairer system of trade in the Caribbean, there was no slavery in… Keep reading
