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
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.
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
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.