Immediate, not gradual abolition, of West Indian slavery, … with an appendix containing Clarkson's comparison between the state of the British peasantry and that of the slaves in the colonies, &c. - to confute the opinion that the latter are happier in thier bondage than the former in their freedom
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Title:
Immediate, not gradual abolition, of West Indian slavery, … with an appendix containing Clarkson's comparison between the state of the British peasantry and that of the slaves in the colonies, &c. - to confute the opinion that the latter are happier in thier bondage than the former in their freedom
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
Sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Seeley and Son, Fleet Street; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers’ Court; Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Paternoster Row ; J. and A. Arch, Cornhill ; W. Darton, Holborn Hill ; W. Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street; Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street
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Language:
English
Edition:
3rd edition

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Abstract:
The writer criticizes the success of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (1807) and highlights the continued existence of slavery in the West Indies. They encourage readers to refrain from purchasing products created by slaves in an effort to end the practice immediately. Includes an appendix containing 'Clarkson's comparison between the state of the British peasantry and that of the slaves in the colonies-to confute the opinions that the latter are happier in their bondage than the former in their freedom'. ( en )
General Note:
Part of the Anti-Slavery Papers, (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society Archive

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SOAS University of London
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MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 44/Pamphlet 06 ( SOAS Order with reference )
MMS/17/03/01/06 ( SOAS CALM reference )