Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade - Addressed to the Freeholders and Other Inhabitants of Yorkshire

Klappentext This 1807 'letter', addressed to his constituents, summarises Wilberforce's arguments for the abolition of the slave trade. Zusammenfassung William Wilberforce (1759–1833) was a politician, philanthropist and evangelical Christian, now best known for his work to end the slave trade. In 1807 he wrote this long Letter to his constituents justifying his preoccupation with abolition and setting out all his arguments against the slave trade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Sources of information; 2. Methods by which the slaves are supplied in Africa; 3. Slave trade's effects in the interior and on the coast; 4. Proof of abolitionists' facts decisive, and contrary allegations groundless; 5. Plea against abolition, that Negroes are an inferior race; 6. Opponents' description of Negro character contrasted with other accounts; 7. Argument from Africa's never having been civilized, considered; 8. New phaenomenon - interior of Africa more civilized than coast; 9. Plea of opponents, that slaves state in Africa extremely miserable; 10. Plea from cruelty of African despots; 11. Ditto, that refused slaves would be massacred in case of abolition; 12. Middle passage; 13. Opponents' grand objection - that stock of slaves cannot be kept up in West Indies without importations; 14. Presumptive arguments against the above allegation, from universal experience; 15. Positive proof that the stock of slaves might be kept up without importations - argument stated; 1. Abuses sufficient to account for great decrease; 2. Yet, though abuses so great, the decrease quite inconsiderable; 3. Hence, abuses being corrected, slaves would rapidly increase; Appendix; Letter to His Excellency the Prince of Talleyrand Perigord on the subject of the slave trade (1814).

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• Authors: William Wilberforce
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108024990
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02499-0
• No. of pages: 498
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Yorkshire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery