ABSTRACT
Most writers associated with the first generation of British Romanticism - Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Southey, Thelwall, and others - wrote against the slave trade. This edition collects a corpus of work which reflects the issues and theories concerning slavery and the status of the slave.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |79 pages
An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies (London, 1823)
part |64 pages
Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, with a view to their ultimate emancipation (London, 1823)
part |71 pages
A Commentary on Mr. Clarkson’s Pamphlet, entitled ‘Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, with a view to their ultimate emancipation’ (London, 1824)
part |46 pages
The Speech of the Rt. Hon. George Canning, in the House of Commons, on the 16th Day of March, 1824, on laying before the House the ‘Papers in explanation of the measures adopted by His Majesty’s Government, for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Slave Population in His Majesty’s Dominions in the West Indies. (London, 1824)
part |2 pages
England Enslaved by Her Own Colonies: An Address to the Electors and People of the United Kingdom (London, 1826)
