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Thoughts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; And Civilization of Africa, With Remarks on the African Institution, and an Examination of the Report of ... of Slaves in the British West India Islands
Joseph Marryat
Paperback. General Books LLC 2012-01-09.
ISBN 9781154174762
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1816. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... So much new light has lately been thrown upon the prospect of accomplishing the complete and universal Abolition of the Slave Trade, and the civilization of the inhabitants of Africa, by the publication of official documents, the discussions that have taken place in Parliament, and the various productions that have issued from the press, that it appears no unimportant task, to bring this mass of information into one point of view; for the purpose of enabling the public to form a correct judgment, on the probability of ultimate success in those great objects, which are so justly dear to every friend .of humanity. The papers presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, not only detail all the past proceedings of the Powers assembled in Congress at Vienna, respecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, but develope their actual engagements, and future intentions. The discussions in Parliament, bring to the test of investigation and argument, the merits of the measures brought forward for more effectually abolishing the Slave Trade by British subjects. All these materials of information, /however, lie at present unconnected and scattered; and must be compiled and arranged, before they can be used to the best advantage. A distinct, but highly important branch of this subject, arises out of the very grave charges which have been brought against the West India Legislatures, and indeed the West India Communities in general, by the African Institution, in their late Report, entitled Reasons for establishing a Registry of Slaves in the British West India Colonies. These charges are of no lighter import, than that they contumaciously and systematically persist in the illicit importation of Slaves, in violation of all the laws pa
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