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Abolition of Slavery and protection of missionaries..

Reference: Binnsvol025-004 Volume: BINNS VOL. 25 Author: HADFIELD (George) Year: 1832
HADFIELD (George) 1832 11

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: Binnsvol026-001 Volume: BINNS VOL. 26 Author: BICKELL (Rev. Richard) Year: 1825
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 (Rev. Richard) 1825 137

A letter on the abolition of the slave trade, addressed to the freeholders and other inhabitants of Yorkshire, by W. Wilberforce Esq. (London 1807)

Reference: Binnsvol026-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 26 Author: WILBERFORCE (William) Year: 1807
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
 WILBERFORCE (William) 1807 200

A letter addressed to the King, by Thomas Thrush, on resigning his commission as a captain in the royal Navy, on the ground of the unlawfulness of war (London 1825)

Reference: Binnsvol026-003 Volume: BINNS VOL. 26 Author: THRUSH (Thomas) Year: 1825
Captain of the navy resigning on the grounds that war is against Christian principles.
 THRUSH (Thomas) 1825 17

The Soldiers, a historical poem in three parts, containing An Epitome of the Wars entered into by Great Britain, from the year 1739 to the present time, by R. Farmer (London 1802)

Reference: Binnsvol026-004 Volume: BINNS VOL. 26 Author: FARMER (Richard) Year: 1802
An epic war poem (Part One)
 FARMER (Richard) 1802 24

Effects of the introduction of ardent spirits and implements of war, amongst the natives of some of the South sea Islands and New South Wales, extracted from the letters and journal of Daniel Wheeler, a minister of the society of Friends (London1839)

Reference: Binnsvol027-001 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: WHEELER (Daniel) Year: 1839
An account of Wheeler’s travels to the South Sea Islands
 WHEELER (Daniel) 1839 13

Texas: its claims to be recognised as an independent power by Great Britain, examined in a series of letters by John Scoble London 1839

Reference: Binnsvol027-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: SCOBLE (John) Year: 1839
Letters to various newspapers condemning the reintroduction of slavery into the newly acquired state of Texas, recognition of Texas as an independent state by the British government, which continues the system of… Keep reading
 SCOBLE (John) 1839 29

British Guiana – speech delivered at the anti Slavery Meeting, in Exeter Hall on 4th April 1838 by John Scoble Esq. (London 1838)

Reference: Binnsvol027-003 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: SCOBLE (John) Year: 1838
Scoble’s speech is a criticism of conditions and legislation in Guyana and of William Gladstone, supporter of the west India lobby, and particularly his father, and of the conditions of the enslaved… Keep reading
 SCOBLE (John) 1838 18

Speech by George Thomson, Esq. at a great meeting for the extinction of Negro apprenticeship, held in the town hall, Devonport (London 1838)

Reference: Binnsvol027-004 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: THOMPSON (George) Year: 1838
A speech against apprenticeship as a precursor for emancipation, arguing that it is still enslavement and giving reference to the investigations of Joseph Sturge, and parliamentary debates.
 THOMPSON (George) 1838 31

[Not published] Society of Friends in the United States: Their views of the Antislavery question and treatment of the people of Colour (Darlington 1840)

Reference: Binnsvol027-005 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1840
Letters written by American Quakers of their thoughts on the abolition of slavery, chronicling their gradual involvement in the movement, pressure not to get involved, rejection of African Americans into the Society.
 Unknown 1840 14

Societe Francaise Pour L’Aboliton de L’Esclavage..No. 14 Chambre des Deputes – Session 1839

Reference: Binnsvol027-006 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1839
Unknown 1839 50

Hill Coolies – A brief exposure of the deplorable condition of the hill coolies in British Guiana and Mauritius, and of the nefarious means by which they were induced to resort to these colonies (London 1840)

Reference: Binnsvol027-007 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: SCOBLE (John) Year: 1840
John Scoble’s investigation into the conditions under which the indentured servants from India to Guyana are forced to live, their treatment and the extent to which their bad treatment was concealed, the… Keep reading
 SCOBLE (John) 1840 17

Negro Apprenticeship in the British Colonies, by the Anti Slavery society (London 1838)

Reference: Binnsvol027-008 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1838
A pamphlet on the real nature of the apprenticeship system, by examining the following: – the law respecting the amount of labour that can be extracted from the apprentices –… Keep reading
 Unknown 1838 85

Reflections on West India Affairs, after a recent visit to the colonies, addressed to the consideration of the colonial office, by Lt. Col. The Hon. Sir Edward Cust, second edition (London 1839)

Reference: Binnsvol027-009 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: CUST (Sir Edward) Year: 1839
A criticism of the emancipation of the enslaved workers in the Caribbean, arguing that a more gradualist approach ought to have been taken, and of the colonial office, for its autocratic rule… Keep reading
 CUST (Sir Edward) 1839 45

The Jamaica question: papers relative to the condition of the labouring population of the West Indies, from the Edinburgh Review (July 1839)

Reference: Binnsvol027-010 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1839
Examination of the poor relations between the Jamaica Assembly and Parliament, stemming from the abolition of the slave trade and the Assembly’s desire to self govern, independently of the British government, emancipation… Keep reading
 Unknown 1839 15

The permanent Laws of the Emancipated Colonies. (London 1838)

Reference: Binnsvol027-011 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1838
The Anti Slavery Society’s analysis of the new emancipation laws, whose aim, in their view is to maintain the marginalisation of African Caribbeans. ‘The evidence on this subject is of a… Keep reading
 Unknown 1838 24

Anti slavery crisis: policy of ministers, with a postscript on the debate and division in the House of Commons (London 1838)

Reference: Binnsvol027-012 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1838
A debate in parliament to amend the abolition laws in the West Indies, die to the flouting of that law with case studies illustrating the continued abuses of the emancipated population, and… Keep reading
 Unknown 1838 16

A letter W.E. Channing D.D. on the subject of the abuse of the flag of the United States in the island of Cuba, and the advantage taken of its protection in promoting the slave trade, by R.R. Madden (Boston 1839

Reference: Binnsvol027-013 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: MADDEN (Richard Robert) Year: 1839
A letter condemning the US’s support of the slave trade in Cuba, of the fate of emancipated Africans (who were meant to be emancipated immediately after capture) carried to the Americas by… Keep reading
 MADDEN (Richard Robert) 1839 17

Fifth annual report of the executive committee of the America anti Slavery Society (New York 1838)

Reference: Binnsvol027-014 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1838
Minutes of meetings, list of members and details of the meeting marking the fifth anniversary of the society; treasurer’s report; details of committees formed in other states; lobbying in congress; details of… Keep reading
 Unknown 1838 77

The first annual report of the Aborigines Protection Society, presented at the meeting in Exeter Hall, with a list of officers subscribers and benefactors (London 1838)

Reference: Binnsvol027-015 Volume: BINNS VOL. 27 Author: Unknown Year: 1838
Report of the society set up to ‘the consideration and claims of the Aborigines in our colonies and of the coloured races generally…with the view of devising some means by which their… Keep reading
 Unknown 1838 16