The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament. Thomas Clarkson

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       Thomas Clarkson

      The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament

       Account of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of Slavery

      e-artnow, 2020

       Contact: [email protected]

      EAN: 4064066398873

      Table of Contents

       Prefatory Remarks to the Present Edition

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Chapter IV

       Chapter V

       Chapter VI

       Chapter VII

       Chapter VIII

       Chapter IX

       Chapter X

       Chapter XI

       Chapter XII

       Chapter XIII

       Chapter XIV

       Chapter XV

       Chapter XVI

       Chapter XVII

       Chapter XVIII

       Chapter XIX

       Chapter XX

       Chapter XXI

       Chapter XXII

       Chapter XXIII

       Chapter XXIV

       Chapter XXV

       Chapter XXVI

       Chapter XXVII

       Chapter XXVIII

       Chapter XXIX

       Chapter XXX

       Chapter XXXI

       Chapter XXXII

       Chapter XXXIII

      TO

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, LORD GRENVILLE,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES, EARL GREY,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS, EARL MOIRA,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE JOHN, EARL SPENCER,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY RICHARD, LORD HOLLAND,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS, LORD ERSKINE,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD, LORD ELLENBOROUGH,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HENRY PETTY,

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS GRENVILLE,

       NINE OUT OF TWELVE OF HIS MAJESTY'S LATE CABINET MINISTERS,

       TO WHOSE WISE AND VIRTUOUS ADMINISTRATION BELONGS

       THE UNPARALLELED AND ETERNAL GLORY

       OF THE ANNIHILATION,

       AS FAR AS THEIR POWER EXTENDED,

       OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SOURCES OF CRIMES AND SUFFERINGS,

       EVER RECORDED IN THE ANNALS OF MANKIND;

       AND TO THE MEMORIES OF

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM PITT,

       AND OF

       THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES JAMES FOX,

       UNDER WHOSE FOSTERING INFLUENCE

       THE GREAT WORK WAS BEGUN AND PROMOTED;

       THIS HISTORY

       OF

       THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE,

       IS RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.

      PREFATORY REMARKS

       TO

       THE PRESENT EDITION

       Table of Contents

      The invaluable services rendered by Thomas Clarkson to the great question of the Slave Trade in all its branches, have been universally acknowledged both at home and abroad, and have gained him a high place among the greatest benefactors of mankind. The History of the Abolition which this volume contains, affords some means of appreciating the extent of his sacrifices and his labours in this cause. But after these, with the unwearied exertions of William Wilberforce, had conducted its friends to their final triumph, in 1807, they did not then rest from their labours. There remained four most important objects, to which the anxious attention of all Abolitionists was now directed.

      First, — The law had been passed, forced upon the Planters, the Traders, and the Parliament, by the voice of the people; and there was a necessity for keeping a watchful eye over its execution.

      Secondly, — The statute, however rigorously it might be enforced, left, of course, the whole amount of the Foreign Slave traffic untouched, and it was infinitely


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