Observations, Occasioned by the Attempts Made in England to Effect the Abolition of the Slave Trade: Shewing, the Manner in which Negroes are Treated in the British Colonies in the West-Indies: and Also, Some Particular Remarks on a Letter Addressed to the Treasurer of the Society for Effecting Such Abolition, from the Rev. Robert Boucher Nicholls |
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Page x
... these colonies do not poffefs it to any great extent ; and if their property is to be taken from them , or much leffened in value , which it certainly will be , if the prefent attempt should fucceed , either in the whole , or in part ...
... these colonies do not poffefs it to any great extent ; and if their property is to be taken from them , or much leffened in value , which it certainly will be , if the prefent attempt should fucceed , either in the whole , or in part ...
Page xii
... these people being in fo happy a fituation as they were before . The greater part , it is known , died miferably in a very short time . No parish was willing to receive them , fo that the furvivors , after begging about the streets of ...
... these people being in fo happy a fituation as they were before . The greater part , it is known , died miferably in a very short time . No parish was willing to receive them , fo that the furvivors , after begging about the streets of ...
Page xiii
... these mistaken acts of humanity , found it neceffary to diftribute hand - bills about the town , to request gen- tlemen not to relieve their diftreffes , in order to force them to go to Portsmouth , where the fhips were to take them in ...
... these mistaken acts of humanity , found it neceffary to diftribute hand - bills about the town , to request gen- tlemen not to relieve their diftreffes , in order to force them to go to Portsmouth , where the fhips were to take them in ...
Page xvi
... these colonies , to in- terfere What can be a stronger proof of the truth of what is faid above , of the reluctance of negroes to return from the West Indies to their own country , than that a young woman , who had been from it fo short ...
... these colonies , to in- terfere What can be a stronger proof of the truth of what is faid above , of the reluctance of negroes to return from the West Indies to their own country , than that a young woman , who had been from it fo short ...
Page xvii
... these colonies , their islands ? It may , perhaps , be a queftion not eafily anfwered , whether any fociety , or community , can , with justice , make laws in restraint of perfonal liberty , which do not prefs equally on all its members ...
... these colonies , their islands ? It may , perhaps , be a queftion not eafily anfwered , whether any fociety , or community , can , with justice , make laws in restraint of perfonal liberty , which do not prefs equally on all its members ...
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aboliſh affertions affiftance Africa againſt alfo amongst Barbadoes becauſe beg leave Britain cafe cauſe Chriftian commerce confequence confider confiderable confiftent cruelty cultivation Dean of Middleham defire diforders diftreffed diſcovered diſeaſe doubt eftates England eſtabliſhed exerciſe faid fame fcarcely fent fervant ferve fervice feveral fhall fhew fhips fince fituation flavery flaves fociety foldier fome fometimes fterling ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fugar colonies fupply fuppofe fupport furely gentlemen Great-Britain himſelf horfes houfes houſes humanity India inftance inhabitants intereft iſlands Jamaica labour land laſt laws leaſt lefs liberty mafters Middleham moft moſt muft muſt myſelf natural increaſe neceffary negroes notwithſtanding obferved occafion Old Jewry paffage paffed perfons planters pleaſed poffible poor prefent provifions publiſhed puniſhments purchaſe purpoſe raiſed rancid reaſon refide refpect ſay ſcarcely ſeveral ſhall ſhould Slave Trade ſome ſtate ſtock ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe unleſs uſed verfe Weft Weſt Indies whofe whoſe