Publications relating to slavery
- Reference No:
- L SLA/6/1
- Dates:
- 1791-1799
- Description:
Publications include:
County Gentlemen's reasosn for voting against Mr. Wilberforce's motion for a Bill to prohibit the importation of African Negroes into colonies, 1792;
Farther reasons of a country Gentleman for opposing Mr. Wilberforce's motion on the 15th day of May last, for prohibiting British subjects trading to Africa to procure Negroes for the British colonies, 1792;
An appeal to the candour and justic of the people of England, on behalf of the West India merchants and planters, founded on plain facts and incontrovertible arguments, 1792;
The slave trade peace, and a temperate reform essential to the salvation of England, n.d.;
A speech delivered at a free conference between the honourable the Council and Assembly of Jamaica on the subject of Mr. Wilberforce's proposition in the House of Commons concerning the slave trade, 1789;
A letter from Percival Stockdale to Granville Sharp Esq. suggested to the author by the present insurrection of the Negroes in the island of St. Domingo, 1791;
A letter to the honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Durham on the slave-trade by Reverend Percival Stockdale, 1799;
The true state of the question addressed to the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade by a plain man; and
The opening of the case in support of the petitions of the merchants of London and Liverpool against the Bill, by Edward Law, 1799
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader. This item is only available to view on microfilm roll number 76. Please book a microfilm reader prior to your visit.
- Repository:
- Hull City Archives
- Collection:
- Microfilm copies of records relating to slavery held elsewhere