Volume: BINNS VOL. 11

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A defence of the decree of the National convention of France, for emancipating the slaves in the West Indies

Reference: Binnsvol011-007 Volume: BINNS VOL. 11 Author: FOX (William) Year: 1794
FOX (William) 1794 9

A letter to William Wilberforce, vice president of the African Institution containing remarks on the reports of the Sierra Leone Company and African institution with hints respecting the means by which a universal abolition of the slave trade might be carried into effect, by Robert Thorpe Esq. chief justice of Sierra Leone and judge of the vice admiralty court in that colony (1815) A preface to the thid edition of a lettr to William Wilberforce

Reference: Binnsvol011-003 Volume: BINNS VOL. 11 Author: WILBERFORCE (William) Year: 1815
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
WILBERFORCE (William) 1815 44

A memoir of transactions that took place in St. Domingo in the spring of 1799; affording an idea of the present state of that country the real character of its black governor Toussaint L’Ouverture, and the safety of out West India Islands from attack or revolt, including the rescue of a British officer under sentence of death, by Captain Rainsford

Reference: Binnsvol011-005 Volume: BINNS VOL. 11 Author: RAINSFORD (Marcus) Year: 1802
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
RAINSFORD (Marcus) 1802 19

An account of some recent transactions in the colony of Sierra Leone, with a few observations on the state of the African coast

Reference: Binnsvol011-001 Volume: BINNS VOL. 11 Author: GRANT (John) Year: 1810
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
GRANT (John) 1810 69

Observations on the late treaty of peace with France; so far as it relates to the slave trade: in a letter to a friend

Reference: Binnsvol011-006 Volume: BINNS VOL. 11 Author: Unknown Year: 1814
Unknown 1814 12

Perface the third edition of a Letter to William Wilberforce..

Reference: Binnsvol011-004 Volume: BINNS VOL. 11 Author: WILBERFORCE (William) Year: 1815
WILBERFORCE (William) 1815 15

The trials of the slave traders: Samuel Samo, Joseph Peters and William Tufft, tried in April and June 1812 before the Hon. Robert Thorpe LLD Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, with two letters on the slave trade

Reference: Binnsvol011-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 11 Author: TUFFT (William) Year: 1813
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
TUFFT (William) 1813 29