Volume: BINNS VOL. 27

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.

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

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

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

An account of Wheeler’s travels to the South Sea Islands

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

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

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

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

Report on the dwindling numbers of Native Americans in Upper Canada due to displacement and conquest, including various correspondences from the governor of Canada to the British government.

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.

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

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

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

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