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Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicality, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure (1823), by Thomas Clarkson (Gutenberg text)
The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (2 volumes in 1; Boston: I. Knapp, 1837), by Olaudah Equiano
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An address delivered in the court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the anniversary of the emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies. (J. Munroe and company, 1964), by Ralph Waldo Emerson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Oration in honor of universal emancipation in the British empire, delivered at South Reading, August first, 1834. (Printed by Garrison and Knapp, 1834), by David Lee Child (page images at HathiTrust)
An inquiry into the effects of putting a stop to the African slave trade, and of granting liberty to the slaves in the British sugar colonies. (Printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1784), by James Ramsay (page images at HathiTrust)
Lectures on slavery. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Benjamin Godwin (page images at HathiTrust)
British slavery and its abolition, 1823-1838 (Longmans, Green and co. ltd., 1926), by William Law Mathieson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Truths from the West Indies. Including a sketch of Maderia in 1833. (W. Ball, 1838), by Studholme Hodgson (page images at HathiTrust)
England enslaved by her own slave colonies. An address to the electors and people of the United Kingdom. (Printed by R. Taylor, for Hatchard and son, and J. and A. Arch, 1826), by James Stephen (page images at HathiTrust)
The West India question. Immediate emancipation would be safe for the masters;--profitable for the masters;--happy for the slaves;--right in the government;--advantageous to the nation;--would interfere with no feelings but such as are disgraceful and destructive;--cannot be postponed without continually increasing danger. An outline for immediate emancipation: and remarks on compensation. (Simpkin and Marshall; and Edmund Fry, 1832), by Charles Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
Special report of the directors of the African Institution : made at the annual general meeting, on the 12th of April, 1815 : respecting the allegations contained in a pamphlet entitled "A letter to William Wilberforce, esq. &c. By R. Thorpe, esq. &c." (African Institution], 1815), by England) African Institution (London (page images at HathiTrust)
Anglo-Saxon abolition of Negro slavery. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Francis William Newman (page images at HathiTrust)
How do we procure sugar? A question proposed for the consideration of the people of Great Britain. (Printed for the Anti-slavery Society by R. Kirby, 1828), by Whitby Anti-slavery Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Thoughts on the necessity of improving the condition of the slaves in the Brutush colonies, with a view to their ultimate emancipation; and on the practicability, the safety, and the advantages of the latter measure. (Printed by R. Taylor, 1823), by Thomas Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
The substance of a course of lectures on British colonial slavery : delivered at Bradford, York, and Scarborough (Printed by Ellerton and Henderson [for] J. Hatchard, 1830), by Benjamin Godwin (page images at HathiTrust)
Observations on the present condition of the island of Trinidad, and the actual state of the experiment of negro emancipation. (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842), by William H. Burnley (page images at HathiTrust)
Presbyter's letters on the West India question addressed to the Right Honourable Sir George Murray (1830), by Henry Duncan and George Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
More thoughts still on the state of the West India colonies : and proceedings of the African Institution, with observations on the speech of James Stephen, at the Annual Meeting of that Society, held on the 26th of March, 1817. (Hughes & Baynes, 1818), by Joseph Marryat, James Stephen, and England) African Institution (London (page images at HathiTrust)
The religious instruction of the slaves in the West India colonies advocated and defended. A sermon preached before the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in the New Chapel, City Road, London, April 28, 1824. (Sold by Butterworth, 1824), by Richard Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
A defence of the bill for the registration of slaves (Printed for J. Butterworth and son, and J. Hatchard, 1816), by James Stephen and William Wilberforce (page images at HathiTrust)
Lectures on slavery (J.B. Dow, 1836), by Benjamin Godwin (page images at HathiTrust)
Unanswerable arguments against the abolition of the slave trade : with a defence of the proprietors of the British Sugar Colonies ... : remarks on the dispositions and characters of the African slaves : and means suggested for the distribution of their labour : the regulation of their habitations ... : the accomodation of the sick ... (J.P. Bateman, 1790), by James Makittrick Adair (page images at HathiTrust)
Statement of the plan, object, and effects of the Wesleyan missions in the West Indies. (Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1824), by Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Slave population : papers and returns presented pursuant ot address of the House of commons, dated 6 June 1825 : relating to the slave poulation of Barbados, Bahamas, Berbice, Demerara, Dominica, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, St. Vincent, St. Kitt's, Nevis, Tortola, Trinidad, Tobago...ordered, by the House of commons, to be printed, 9 May 1826. (s.n., 1826), by Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Anglo-Saxon abolition of Negro slavery (K. Paul, Trench, 1889), by Francis William Newman (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to the governors, legislatures, and proprietors of plantations, in the British West-India islands. (Printed by T. Cadell and W. Davies [etc.], 1808), by Beilby Porteus (page images at HathiTrust)
Second letter to the freeholders of the County of York, on Negro slavery: being an inquiry into the claims of the West Indians for equitable compensation. (E. Lloyd, 1830), by Robert Wilmot Horton (page images at HathiTrust)
Considerations on Negro slavery. With authentic reports, illustrative of the actual condition of the Negroes in Demerara. Also, an examination into the propriety and efficacy of the regulations contained in the late order in Council now in operation in Trinidad. To which are added, suggestions on the proper mode of ameliorating the condition of the slaves. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825), by Alexander M'Donnell (page images at HathiTrust)
Six months in the West Indies, in 1825. (J. Murray, 1832), by Henry Nelson Coleridge (page images at HathiTrust)
A report of the trial of the King v. John Hatchard : for a libel on the aides-de-camp of Sir James Leith ... and the Grand Jury of the island of Antigua, as published in the tenth report of the directors of the African Institution. In the Court of King's Bench, before Mr. Justice Abbott ... on February 20, 1817, together with Mr. Justice Bayley's address in pronouncing the sentence of the court (Printed for Whitmore and Fenn, 1817), by John Hatchard, John Bayley, Charles Abbott, James Leith, William Brodie Gurney, England) African Institution (London, and Great Britain. Court of King's Bench (page images at HathiTrust)
A practical view of the present state of slavery in the West Indies; or, An examination of Mr. Stephen's "Slavery of the British West India colonies." : containing more particularly an account of the actual condition of the negroes in Jamaica ... ([Smith, Elder & Co.?], 1827), by Alexander Barclay and Jamaica (page images at HathiTrust)
More thoughts, occasioned by two publications which the authors call "An exposure of some of the numerous misstatements and misrepresentations contained in a pamphlet, commonly known by the name of Mr. Marryat's pamphlet, entitled Thoughts, &c.," and "A defence of the bill for the registration of slaves" (Printed for J.M. Richardson, and J. Ridgway, 1816), by Joseph Marryat (page images at HathiTrust)
Lectures on slavery (J.B. Dow, 1836), by Benjamin Godwin (page images at HathiTrust)
Considerations on Negro slavery, with authentic reports, illustrative of the actual condition of the Negroes in Demerara. Also, an explanation into the propriety and efficacy on the regulations contained in the late order in council now in operation in Trinidad. To which are added, suggestions on the proper mode of ameliorating the condition of the slaves. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824), by Alexander McDonnell (page images at HathiTrust)
The judgment of the Right Hon. Lord Stowell, respecting the slavery of the mongrel woman, Grace, on an appeal from the Vice-Admiralty court of Antigua, Michealmas term, 1827. (Printed by W. Benning [etc.], 1827), by Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty, John Haggard, and William Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
The West India question practically considered. (J. Murray, 1826), by Robert John Wilmot-Horton (page images at HathiTrust)
Evidence upon oath touching the condition and treatment of the negro population of the British West India colonies ... Taken before a select committee of the House of Lords, session 1832. Part 1- (Messrs. Ridgways, 1833) (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech delivered in the House of Commons on the motion of Sir George Strickland : for the abolition of the negro apprenticeship, Friday, March 30, 1838 : with an appendix / Talbot collection of British pamphlets (J. Hatchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly, 1838), by W. E. Gladstone (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoir of Thomas Fowell Buxton : embracing a historical sketch of emancipation in the West Indies, and of the Niger expedition for the suppression of the slave trade (American Tract Society, 1861), by Mary A. Collier and Charles Buxton (page images at HathiTrust)
The anniversary of emancipation in the British West Indies. (J. G. Stanly, 1842), by William Ellery Channing (page images at HathiTrust)
Slave registry bill, Remarks on the. (Printed for John Smith and Son ..., 1816), by active 1816 Colonist (Writer on colonial West Indies politics) (page images at HathiTrust)
An abridgment of Mr. Edwards's civil and commercial history of the British West Indies : in two volumes. (Printed for J. Parsons ... and J. Bell ..., 1794), by Bryan Edwards, Joseph Bell, John Parsons, and Thomas Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
More thoughts still on the state of the West India colonies, and the proceedings of the African institution: with observations on the speech of James Stephen, esq., at the annual meeting of that society, held on the 26th of March, 1817. (Printed by Hughes & Baynes, Sold by J. M. Richardson, 1818), by Joseph Marryat (page images at HathiTrust)
More thoughts occasioned by two publications : which the authors call An exposure of some of the numerous misstatements and misrepresentations contained in a pamphlet commonly known by the name of Mr. Marryat's pamphlet, entitled Thoughts, &c., and, A defence of the bill for the registration of slaves (J.M. Richardson and J. Ridgway, 1816), by Joseph Marryat (page images at HathiTrust)
The Penal enactments of the slave registry bill examined, in a letter to Charles N. Pallmer, esq., M.P. (Printed for J.M. Richardson and J. Ridgway, 1816) (page images at HathiTrust)
Proposals for the formation of a West India free labour company, for effecting the abolition of slavery, and affording equitable protection to the holders of colonial property, without imposing a burthen upon the nation (J. Tomlinson, 1833), by George D. Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
An essay on the abolition of slavery throughout the British dominions, without injury to the master or his property, with the least possible injury to the slave, without revolution, and without loss to the revenue. (Printed by W. P. Penny, 1833), by Thomas Bunn (page images at HathiTrust)
Opinions of Henry Broughan, Esq., on negro slavery, with remarks. (Printed for Whitmore and Penn, 1826), by Lord Brougham (page images at HathiTrust)
Few thoughts on the abolition of colonial slavery. (Chalmers & Collins, 1826), by Thomas Chalmers (page images at HathiTrust)
Rights of man in the West Indies. (Knight and Lacey, 1824), by Anthropos and Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
Five years in Trinidad and St. Vincent: a view of the social condition of the white, coloured, and Negro population of the West Indies (Whittaker, 1834), by Mrs. Carmichael (page images at HathiTrust)
Interests of the country and the prosperity of the West India planters mutually secured by the immediate abolition of slavery. (Egerton Smith, 1833), by Great Britain Parliament House of Commons (page images at HathiTrust)
The sinfulness of colonial slavery : a lecture, delivered at the monthly meeting of Congregational ministers and churches, in the meeting-house of Dr. Pye Smith, Hackney, on February 7th, 1833 (Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1833), by Robert Halley, John Pye Smith, J. Haddon and Co, and Adams & Co Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
Papers relating to slaves in the West Indies ([London, 1825), by Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
An address to the members of both houses of Parliament on the West India question. (J. Ridgway, 1830), by Alexander McDonnell (page images at HathiTrust)
The West India question. Immediate emancipation would be safe for the masters;--profitable for the masters;--happy for the slaves;--right in the government;--advantageous to the nation;--would interfere with no feelings but such as are disgraceful and destructive;--cannot be postponed without continually increasing danger. An outline for immediate emancipation; and remarks on compensation. (H. Howe & Co., 1833), by Charles Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
Papers relating to Governor Ainslie : ordered, by the House of commons, to be printed, 4 May 1814 ; and to be reprinted 5 May 1815. (s.n., 1915), by Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
II. Papers relating to the West Indies; viz. Correspondence between the Earl of Liverpool and Governor Elliot : in reference to the trial and execution of Arthur Hodge, for the murder of a negro slave : ordered, by the House of commons, to be printed, 26 June 1811. ([London :s.n., 1811), by Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The ordeal of free labor in the British West Indies. (Harper & Brothers, 1863), by William Grant Sewell (page images at HathiTrust)
Lettre à Lord Glenelg, secrétaire d'état des colonies (Ledoyen, 1836), by John Innes and Charles Grant Glenelg (page images at HathiTrust)
Mitigation of slavery : in two parts. (Negro Universities Press, 1970), by Joshua Steele and William Dickson (page images at HathiTrust)
The capacity of Negroes for religious and moral improvement considered : with cursory hints, to proprietors and to government, for the immediate melioration of the condition of slaves in the sugar colonies: to which are subjoined short and practical discourses to Negroes, on the plain and obvious principles of religion and morality. (Negro Universities Press, 1970), by Richard Nisbet (page images at HathiTrust)
The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies . (Printed for J. Stockdale, 1794), by Bryan Edwards and Arthur Broughton (page images at HathiTrust)
Papers presented to Parliament by His Majesty's command, in explanation of the measures adopted by His Majesty's government, for the melioration of the condition of the salve population in His Majesty's possessions in the West Indies, on the continent of South America, and at the Mauritius. ([publisher not identified], 1829), by Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The West India colonies; the calumnies and misrepresentations circulated against them by the Edinburgh review, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Cropper, &c. &c. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by James MacQueen (page images at HathiTrust)
Slavery on the British West India plantations in the eighteenth century (Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1926), by Frank Wesley Pitman (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to the friends of the slaves on the new order of council, and on the necessity of new measures on their behalf. (King and Garrod, printers, 1830), by Thomas Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
A Review of the reasons given for establishing a registry of slaves in the British colonies : in a report of a committee of the African Institution, entitled "Reasons", &c. &c. (Ellerton and Henderson, Printers, 1815) (page images at HathiTrust)
A farewel [sic] address to the Rev. Mr. James Ramsay from James Tobin, Esq to which is added, a letter from the Society for Propagating the Gospel to Mr. Anthony Benezet of Philadelphia, and also a translation of the French King's declaration relating to the situation of Negroes, &c. in his European dominions. (Printed for G. and T. Wilkie, 1788), by James Tobin, Anthony Benezet, James Ramsay, France, and Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others in North America (page images at HathiTrust)
Extracts from Parliamentary papers relative to the West Indies, 1839 (London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons for Her Majesty's Stationery Offic, 1840., 1840), by Great Britain Parliament House of Commons and Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
An examination of the principles of the slave registry bill, and of the means of emancipation proposed by the authors of the bill (Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816), by G. W. Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
Brief remarks on the slave registry bill and upon a special report of the African Institution, recommending that measure. (Printed for J. M. Richardson, and J. Ridgeway, 1816) (page images at HathiTrust)
Compulsory manumission : or, An examination of the actual state of the West India question, by Alexander McDonnell (Gutenberg ebook)
A caution and warning to Great Britain and her colonies, in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions. : Collected from various authors, and submitted to the serious consideration of all, more especially of those in power. / By Ant. Benezet. (Philadelphia: : Printed by Henry Miller, in Second-Street., MDCCLXVI. [1766]), by Anthony Benezet (HTML at Evans TCP)

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