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Speeches in Parliament, respecting the abolition of the African slave trade

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Title
Speeches in Parliament, respecting the abolition of the African slave trade
Names
Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 (Associated name)
Society Established at Edinburgh for Effecting the Abolition of the African Slave Trade (Associated name)
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1789
Place: Edinburgh
Publisher: Printed by Ds. Willison for the Society Instituted at Edinburgh for the Purpose of Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.1-G (Great Britain. Parliament. Speeches in Parliament)
Topics
Slave trade
Great Britain
Speeches, addresses, etc
Genres
Books
Notes
Content: The speech of Mr. Beaufoy, Tuesday, the 18th June 1788, in a Committee of the whole House, on a bill for regulating the conveyance of Negroes from Africa to the West Indies; to which are added Observations on the evidence adduced against the bill.--Debates in the House of Commons relative to the abolition of the slave trade, Wednesday, 13th May 1789.--Correct and authentic copies of the twelve propositions submitted on Tuesday evening by Mr. Wilberforce to the consideration of the Committee, to whom the Report of the Privy Council [and] various petitions for the abolition of the slave trade ... had been referred.--Translation of a letter written by the Society of the Friends of the Negroes, in France to the different bailliages, or districts, entitled to send delegates to the States-General.
Physical Description
Microforms
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11668089
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e4c179a0-2865-0133-fdf1-60f81dd2b63c
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Item timeline of events

  • 1759: Creator Born
  • 1789: Issued
  • 1833: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Speeches in Parliament, respecting the abolition of the African slave trade" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1789. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-a754-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. "Speeches in Parliament, respecting the abolition of the African slave trade" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-a754-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). Speeches in Parliament, respecting the abolition of the African slave trade Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-a754-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Speeches in Parliament, respecting the abolition of the African slave trade