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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

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 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

A letter to W. Manning Esq. MP on the causes of the rapid and progressive depreciation of West India Property (1807)

Reference: Binnsvol024-001 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: BOSANQUET (Charles) Year: 1807
A letter by Charles Bosanquet giving a detailed analysis of the decline of West India property, citing the St Domingo rebellion, taxation on sugar and rising costs among the contributing factors.
 BOSANQUET (Charles) 1807 30

Horrors of West India Slavery.

Reference: Binnsvol024-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: Unknown Year: 1806
Four cases of the murder of enslaved workers in Barbados from Lord Seaforth, Governor of Barbados, outlining the fact that in the West Indies, killing an enslaved person occurs regularly, and there… Keep reading
 Unknown 1806 7

Cursory remarks on the emancipation of slaves (author unknown, Liverpool 1823)

Reference: Binnsvol024-003 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: Unknown Year: 1823
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
 Unknown 1823 12

Supplement to Mr. Cooper’s letters on the Slave Trade. (Warrington 1788)

Reference: Binnsvol024-004 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: COOPER (Thomas) Year: 1788
A detailed analysis of the numbers of Africans transported to the Americas by the different slave trading nations.
 COOPER (Thomas) 1788 26

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

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

Reflections on the blacks and whites – remarks upon a letter addressed by M. Mazeres, a French ex colonist, to JCL Sismonde de Sismondi, containing observations on the blacks and whites, the civilisation of Africa, the kingdom of Hayti etc. translated from the French of the Baron De Vastey, knight of the royal and military order of St Henry, secretary to the king, member of the privy council etc. (London1817

Reference: Binnsvol024-007 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: VASTEY (J. L. de Bwon) Year: 1817
Comments made by an ennobled African-Haitian (de Vastey) in response to remarks made the colonist Mazeres regarding Africans ‘I will now give my readers a just idea of the candour of… Keep reading
 VASTEY (J. L. de Bwon) 1817 42

A serious address to the rulers of America, on the inconsistency of their conduct respecting slavery: forming a contrast between the encroachments of England on American liberty and American injustice in tolerating slavery. (1784)

Reference: Binnsvol024-008 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: BENEZET (Anthony) Year: 1784
An examination of the American declaration of liberty as a result of the revolution that is deemed hypocritical in its nature when looking at the conditions of enslaved Africans.
 BENEZET (Anthony) 1784 12

The speech of the Right Hon. William Pitt on a motion..

Reference: Binnsvol024-009 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: PITT (William) Year: 1792
PITT (William) 1792 16

Observations upon Negro slavery.by Charles Crawford, Esq. (Tunbridge Wells, date unknown)

Reference: Binnsvol024-010 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: CRAWFORD (Charles) Year: 1785
A call for the end of African enslavement based on Christian principles, and refuting the argument of lack of mental acuity in Africans, by citing the works of Phillis Wheatley and Ignatius… Keep reading
 CRAWFORD (Charles) 1785 22

Substance of a speech, delivered at a public meeting of the inhabitants of the city and county of Norwich on the subject of British colonial slavery, John Harvey Esq. in the chair, by Joseph John Gurney (Norwich 1824)

Reference: Binnsvol024-011 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: GURNEY (John) Year: 1824
Account of the inhabitants of Norwich’s involvement in the campaign for better conditions for the enslaved in the Caribbean, and details of petitions to Parliament
 GURNEY (John) 1824 16

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

Extract of a letter to a gentleman in Maryland, wherein is demonstrated the extreme wickedness of tolerating the slave trade etc. (London 1793)

Reference: Binnsvol024-013 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: SHARP (Granville) Year: 1806
An attack on the morality of the slave trade, and a condemnation of it as a crime of English law
 SHARP (Granville) 1806 8

An address to the people of Great Britain on the propriety of abstaining from West India sugar and rum, 10th edition (London 1791)

Reference: Binnsvol024-014 Volume: BINNS VOL. 24 Author: Unknown Year: 1791
Unknown 1791 7

The West Indies as they are; or, a real picture of slavery: but more particularly as it exists in the island of Jamaica, in three parts, by the Rev. R Bickell (London 1825)

Reference: Binnsvol025-001 Volume: BINNS VOL. 25 Author: BICKELL R Year: 1826
A detailed account of slave life and plantation life as seen by the Rev Bickell, giving information on such subjects as treatment of enslaved, laws, remarks on amelioration effect of slavery on… Keep reading
 BICKELL R 1826 66

Observations on the Demerara Memorial and on the false..

Reference: Binnsvol025-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 25 Author: Unknown Year: 1829
Unknown 1829 44

The danger of delay and the safety and practicability…

Reference: Binnsvol025-003 Volume: BINNS VOL. 25 Author: Unknown Year: 1833
Unknown 1833 9