Substance of the Debates on a Resolution for Abolishing the Slave Trade: Which was Moved in the House of Commons on the 10th June, 1806, and in the House of Lords on the 24th June, 1806. With an Appendix, Containing Notes and IllustrationsPhillips and Fardon, 1806 - 216 pages |
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... right , against the nearly unanimous fentiment of this Houfe , repeatedly declared in such a manner as entitles me to say , that that part of the matter which refpects the principle of this trade is fettled . And as to authorities on ...
... right , against the nearly unanimous fentiment of this Houfe , repeatedly declared in such a manner as entitles me to say , that that part of the matter which refpects the principle of this trade is fettled . And as to authorities on ...
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... right to expect the concurrence , as much of those who are enemies to the immediate Abolition of the Slave Trade , as of the friends of that measure . Now , having taken it for granted , that upon general principles , not above one or ...
... right to expect the concurrence , as much of those who are enemies to the immediate Abolition of the Slave Trade , as of the friends of that measure . Now , having taken it for granted , that upon general principles , not above one or ...
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... Right Honour able Gentleman , with respect to the Ifland of Jamaica , compleatly proved , that the stock of negroes might be kept up without any fresh importation from the Coast of Africa and you have , in addition to that , the ...
... Right Honour able Gentleman , with respect to the Ifland of Jamaica , compleatly proved , that the stock of negroes might be kept up without any fresh importation from the Coast of Africa and you have , in addition to that , the ...
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... In the fpeech of the Right Honourable Gentleman , I think I fee an abatement of the vehemence with which this subject has usually been difcuffed . He does not feem to to be poffeffed of his former notions of the monstrous ( 10 )
... In the fpeech of the Right Honourable Gentleman , I think I fee an abatement of the vehemence with which this subject has usually been difcuffed . He does not feem to to be poffeffed of his former notions of the monstrous ( 10 )
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... Right Honourable Gentleman has faid with fome pleafantry , that the gentlemen of Liverpool , confidered every regulation of this trade as destructive of it . Now , the gentlemen of Liverpool have too much fenfe to think fo : but I have ...
... Right Honourable Gentleman has faid with fome pleafantry , that the gentlemen of Liverpool , confidered every regulation of this trade as destructive of it . Now , the gentlemen of Liverpool have too much fenfe to think fo : but I have ...
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aboliſh Abolition affent African Slave Trade againſt alfo almoſt alſo becauſe Britiſh cafe cauſe circumftances Coaft Coaſt of Africa Colonies confequence confider confiderable courſe cruelty defire difcuffed difcuffion Domingo duty effect evil exifted expreffed faid fame feelings feems feffion fentiments fhall fhew fhips fhould firft flavery flaves fome found policy fpeech ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofing fupport fure fyftem himſelf Honourable Friend Houfe of Commons Houſe impoffible increaſe India inftance inhuman intereft Iſlands itſelf Jamaica juftice juſtice and humanity labour lefs Liverpool Lordships mafter meaſure mifery moft moſt muft murder muſt myſelf neceffary negroes Noble Earl Noble Friend Noble Lord obferve occafion opinion paffage paffed Parliament perfons Planters poffible prefent principles propofed propofition puniſhment purchaſe purpoſe queftion reafon Refolution refpect Right Honourable Gentleman ſay ſhall ſtate ſuch ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Traffick unjuft Weft Indies Weſt whofe
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Page 96 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 128 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 118 - Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners...
Page 196 - Curiosity, would not allow us to pass on without devoting to them a moment of particular regard. We, therefore, went a little off the road to approach them nearer; when we found that they were labouring with the hoe, to dig, or cut up the ground, preparatory to the planting of sugar ; and that a stout robust-looking man, apparently white, was following them, holding a whip at their backs.
Page 133 - And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee> and serve thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
Page 170 - Beccles) ordered the Negroes to dig a grave. Whilst they were digging it, the poor creature made signs of begging for water, which was not given to him ; but as soon as the grave was dug, he was thrown into it, and covered over, and, as is believed, while yet alive. Colbeck, the owner of the boy, hearing that a Negro had been killed, went to Crone to inquire into the truth of the report. Crone told him, that a Negro had been killed and buried, but assured him it was not his, for he knew him well,...
Page 205 - Freedom and Families are in so precarious a Situation. ... He often goes out with some of his Troops by a Town in the Day-time and returns in the Night and sets Fire to three parts of it, placing Guards at the Fourth to seize the People that run out of the Fire, then ties their Arms behind them and . . . sells them.
Page 190 - Slaves are very generally procured. The intelligence I have collected from my own negroes abundantly confirms his account ; and I have not the smallest doubt that in Africa, the effects of this trade are precisely such as he represents them to be.
Page 196 - ... robuft-looking man, apparently white, was following them, holding a whip at their backs. Obferving that he was the only one of the party who was idle, we inquired why he did not partake of the tafk, and were told, in reply, that it was not his bufinefs — that he had only to keep the women at work, and to make them feel the weight of the whip if they grew idle, or relaxed from their labour.
Page 203 - ... they would be apprehensive of drying up the source of it, were they to encourage the people to live well together.