A plea by the Quakers to the European countries to end their involvement in the slave trade, reminding them of its cruel and barbarous nature, its negative effects on all involved. Keep reading
A report on the continuation of the slave trade in Africa under the French Portuguese, Dutch and Spanish, subscriptions and minutes of meetings. The objective was to achieve total abolition of the… Keep reading
Pamphlet giving an account of the slave trade, an account of the traveller Mungo Park, including how the enslaved are captured, causes, where the trade is conducted, character of Africans; travelling from… Keep reading
The author of this pamphlet was unable to take up his post of council member of Sierra Leone – it turned out that the governor had promised the position to a relative,… Keep reading
Details of trial of the above three men accused of slave trading, in direct violation of the act of parliament. Key point is that enslaved Africans were called as witnesses in these… Keep reading
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
An account of a British captain’s experiences of the rebellion in Haiti, describing meeting L’Ouverture himself, and the equal treatment of black and white soldiers. It’s possible that he may have been… Keep reading
A defence of the slave trade for reasons of the wealth and power it affords Britain, and the natural disposition of Africans to the state of enslavement.
Argument that there has been more than enough evidence gathered to support the call for the abolition of the slave trade, and the accusation that there are deliberate delays for various reasons.
Witness statements by the planter class in Jamaica in support of the slave trade stating that the enslaved Africans were treated well, the ‘savagery of Africans in their homeland; that kidnapping never… Keep reading
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
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
