A History of Slavery and Its Abolition |
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Page 82
... House of Commons , on the first motion of Mr. Wilberforce , for the abolition of the African slave - trade , after the Irish union , every Irish mem- ber present supported the measure . Ireland should be the land of the free . To return ...
... House of Commons , on the first motion of Mr. Wilberforce , for the abolition of the African slave - trade , after the Irish union , every Irish mem- ber present supported the measure . Ireland should be the land of the free . To return ...
Page 105
... House of Commons . This assembly has the power of making laws , which must , however , be approved by the governor , who is sent out by the government here , and they must also be sent to England to receive the assent of the king . Hon ...
... House of Commons . This assembly has the power of making laws , which must , however , be approved by the governor , who is sent out by the government here , and they must also be sent to England to receive the assent of the king . Hon ...
Page 119
... House of Commons : " I was on shore with my linguist for the benefit of my health . He conducted me to a spot where some of the countrymen were going to put a sucking child to death . I asked them why they murdered it . They answered ...
... House of Commons : " I was on shore with my linguist for the benefit of my health . He conducted me to a spot where some of the countrymen were going to put a sucking child to death . I asked them why they murdered it . They answered ...
Page 145
... House of Commons , it was gravely argued as an objection against the abolition of the slave trade , that another important branch of trade depended on it , viz . , the Newfoundland fishery , which could not go on " were it not for the ...
... House of Commons , it was gravely argued as an objection against the abolition of the slave trade , that another important branch of trade depended on it , viz . , the Newfoundland fishery , which could not go on " were it not for the ...
Page 216
... House of Commons for certain regulations in the African trade , the Society of Friends addressed a petition , stating that they felt it a religious duty to lay before parliament the suffering condition of the enslaved negroes , as a ...
... House of Commons for certain regulations in the African trade , the Society of Friends addressed a petition , stating that they felt it a religious duty to lay before parliament the suffering condition of the enslaved negroes , as a ...
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