Volume: BINNS VOL. 9

Title Author Year Page count

Adresse a l’assemblee nationale, pour l’abolition de la traite des noirs, pour la societe des Amis des Noirs de Paris (Fevrier 1790)

Reference: Binnsvol009-002 Volume: BINNS VOL. 9 Author: Unknown Year: 1790
Unknown 1790 4

Discours sur La Traite des Noirs, par M. Petion de Villeneuve, member de l’Assemblee Nationale

Reference: Binnsvol009-003 Volume: BINNS VOL. 9 Author: VILLENEUVE (Jerome) Year: 1790
VILLENEUVE (Jerome) 1790 43

Observations on the project for abolishing the slave trade, and on the reasonableness of attempting some practicable mode of relieving the Negroes

Reference: Binnsvol009-001 Volume: BINNS VOL. 9 Author: Unknown Year: 1790
A proslavery tract that argues the Africans are better off being under the care of the British; that the abolition of the slave trade would not mean that the trade would end… Keep reading
Unknown 1790 39

The debate on a motion for the abolition of the slave trade in the House of Commons, on April 18th and 19th 1791.

Reference: Binnsvol009-004 Volume: BINNS VOL. 9 Author: WILBERFORCE (William) Year: 1791
A report of the debate, giving details of the arguments presented on both sides; Wilberforce features prominently, also witnesses’ accounts of the trade, including voyages, trading with African traders, keeping of Africans… Keep reading
WILBERFORCE (William) 1791 64