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Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade

Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the su...

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Papers presented to the House of Commons, respecting the slave trade

Papers presented to the House of Commons, respecting the slave trade

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The case of the Royal African Company of England

The case of the Royal African Company of England

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Whereas it is found by experience, that traffique with infidels and barbarous nations not in amity with us

Whereas it is found by experience, that traffique with infidels and ba...

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Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African Company for settling the trade to Africa

Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African C...

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A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: on his speech, delivered in the House of Commons, on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1795, on Mr. Wilberforce's motion, for the abolition of the slave trade

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Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification accordée au commerce pour la traite des nègres

Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification acco...

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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A short sketch of the evidence delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons: for the abolition of the slave trade; to which is added a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa

An act for extending and improving the trade to Africa

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Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

Two letters from Granville Sharp to Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville

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Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa: Intended more particularly for the service and happy establishment of blacks and people of colour, to be shipped as freemen under the direction of the Committee for Relieving the Black Poor, and under the protection of the British government

Plan of a settlement to be made near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast ...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New-York, in North-America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age : he left his mother's house from religious motives, wander'd several days in the desart without food, and was at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees, where he was condemned to die : with his conversion of the king of the Cherokees and his daughter, &c. &c. &c. : the whole authenticated by the Reverend W. Aldridge

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus...

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

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Letter  from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the boy, Nat

Letter from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the bo...

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Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African Company for settling the trade to Africa

Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African C...

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An Act to amend the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies

An Act to amend the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British co...

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Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification accordée au commerce pour la traite des nègres

Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification acco...

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Letter  from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the boy, Nat

Letter from Abram Van Buren as testimonial on the indenture of the bo...

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Two autographed letters from James Ramsay to Catherine Macaulay

Two autographed letters from James Ramsay to Catherine Macaulay

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To the friends of liberty and religion in the City of Philadelphia: The Address of the representatives of the African church of said city
Cursory observations on the African trade

Cursory observations on the African trade

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The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company

The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company

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Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification accordée au commerce pour la traite des nègres

Arrest du conseil d'état du roi, qui ordonne que la gratification acco...

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Letter from Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville to James Philips (Paris, 8 Avril 1789), and related documents

Letter from Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville to James Philips (Paris...

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Papers, presented pursuant to address, relating to the Island of Trinidad: [return to an address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 3d June 1829]

Papers, presented pursuant to address, relating to the Island of Trini...

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Décret de la Convention nationale, du 19 septembre 1793, l'an second de la République françoise, une et indivisible qui autorise le payement des primes et gratifications accordées au commerce, à l'exception de celles pour la traite des Nègres

Décret de la Convention nationale, du 19 septembre 1793, l'an second d...

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Emancipation immédiate et complète des esclaves: appel aux abolitionistes

Emancipation immédiate et complète des esclaves: appel aux abolitionis...

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Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable members of the House of Commons why the interest on money lent in Great Britain, on West India estates, should not be restrained to less than £.8 per cent

Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable members ...

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Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all His Majesty's subjects, and for entrusting the care of the forts, and the protection of the trade, to a new company with a suitable joint-stock

Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and o...

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An essay on the African slave trade

An essay on the African slave trade

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Political economy, founded in justice and humanity: in a letter to a friend

Political economy, founded in justice and humanity: in a letter to a f...

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An Act to amend the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies

An Act to amend the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British co...

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Documents pertaining to a court case of Moses Night (plaintiff) versus Peter Bainbridge (defendent), 1794-1795

Documents pertaining to a court case of Moses Night (plaintiff) versus...

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Treaty between Her Majesty and the republick of Texas, for the suppression of the African slave trade

Treaty between Her Majesty and the republick of Texas, for the suppres...

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A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: on his speech, delivered in the House of Commons, on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1795, on Mr. Wilberforce's motion, for the abolition of the slave trade

A letter to the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: on his speech, delivered in t...

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An oration commemorative of the abolition of the slave trade in the United States: delivered before the Wilberforce Philanthropic Association, in the City of New York on the second of January, 1809

An oration commemorative of the abolition of the slave trade in the Un...

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An essay on the African slave trade

An essay on the African slave trade

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Antidote to West-Indian sketches: drawn from authentic sources
An act for carrying into further execution two acts of His present Majesty, relating to the compensation for slaves upon the abolition of slavery, and for facilitating the distribution and payment of such compensation

An act for carrying into further execution two acts of His present Maj...

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Décret de la Convention nationale, du 16.e jour de pluviôse: an second de la Republique française, une et indivisible, qui abolit l'esclavage des Nègres dans les Colonies

Décret de la Convention nationale, du 16.e jour de pluviôse: an second...

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Letter from Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville to James Philips (Paris, 8 Avril 1789), and related documents

Letter from Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville to James Philips (Paris...

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Cursory observations on the African trade

Cursory observations on the African trade

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Ma vision, ou Idées sur L'affranchissement des noirs
A short sketch of the evidence delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons: for the abolition of the slave trade; to which is added a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
Antidote to West-Indian sketches: drawn from authentic sources
Os escravos: duas palavras sobre a memoria publicada pelo Sr. Juiz Carlos Pacheco de Bettencourt, ácerca da abolição da escravidão
Thoughts and inquiry on the principles and tenor of the revealed and supreme law: shewing the utter inconsistency and injustice of our penal statutes, and the illicit traffic ... of modern slavery ... with some grounds of a plan for abolishing the same. To which is added A letter to a clergyman ... By P.W. Hall

Thoughts and inquiry on the principles and tenor of the revealed and s...

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Correspondence with foreign powers relating to the slave trade, 1831 :  presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of His Majesty, 1832

Correspondence with foreign powers relating to the slave trade, 1831 :...

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Letter from Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville to James Philips (Paris, 8 Avril 1789), and related documents

Letter from Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville to James Philips (Paris...

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A letter from Lord George Gordon in Newgate, to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. Old Palace Yard, Member for Yorkshire

A letter from Lord George Gordon in Newgate, to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. ...

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Thoughts and inquiry on the principles and tenor of the revealed and supreme law: shewing the utter inconsistency and injustice of our penal statutes, and the illicit traffic ... of modern slavery ... with some grounds of a plan for abolishing the same. To which is added A letter to a clergyman ... By P.W. Hall

Thoughts and inquiry on the principles and tenor of the revealed and s...

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Remarks on a speech, made to the National Assembly of France, by the deputies, from the General Assembly of the French port of St. Domingo: With observations on the evidence delivered before a select Committee of the House of Commons, in 1790 and 1791. On the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade
Antidote to West-Indian sketches: drawn from authentic sources
Reflexions sur la traite et l'esclavage des negres: traduit de l'anglais

Reflexions sur la traite et l'esclavage des negres: traduit de l'angla...

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L'Affrique et le peuple affriquain, considérés sous tous leurs rapports avec notre commerce et nos colonies: De l'abus des privilèges exclusifs, et notamment de celui de la Compagnie du Sénégal. Ce que c'est qu'une société se qualifiant d'Amis des noirs

L'Affrique et le peuple affriquain, considérés sous tous leurs rapport...

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Opinion de M. l'abbé Maury: député de Picardie, sur le droit de l'initiative que réclament les assemblées coloniales pour toutes les loix relatives à l'état des personnes dans les colonies; et sur l'admissibilité des hommes de couleur aux droits de citoyen actif, ou aux emplois publics; prononcée dans l'Assemblée nationale, le vendredi 13 mars 1791
A short sketch of the evidence delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons: for the abolition of the slave trade; to which is added a recommendation of the subject to the serious attention of people in general
Six sermons, on the several duties of masters, mistresses, slaves, etc: preached at the parish church of St. Peter, in Talbot County in the province of Maryland

Six sermons, on the several duties of masters, mistresses, slaves, etc...

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Papers, presented pursuant to address, relating to the Island of Trinidad: [return to an address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 3d June 1829]

Papers, presented pursuant to address, relating to the Island of Trini...

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