The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade

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The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade
Additional title: The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade. To which are added, the resolutions then moved, and a short sketch of the speeches of the other members
Names
J. Walter (Bookseller)
Logographic Press (Printer)
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1789 (Questionable)
Place: London
Publisher: Printed at the Logographic Press and sold by J. Walter
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.1-W (Wilberforce, W. The speech of William Wilberforce)
Topics
Slave trade
Africa
West Indies, British
Genres
speeches (documents)
Physical Description
Microforms
Extent: 76 p. ; 21 cm
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11676044
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 08052ad0-29af-0133-2705-60f81dd2b63c
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  • 1789: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1789. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-a6fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-a6fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1789). The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-a6fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The speech of William Wilberforce, esq., representative for the county of York, on Wednesday the 13th of May, 1789, on the question of the abolition of the slave trade