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.

part |72 pages

Incle and Yarico (London, 1742)

part |35 pages

The Padlock (London, 1768)

chapter |2 pages

Overview

part |20 pages

The Benevolent Planters (London, 1789)

part |71 pages

The Sword of Peace; or, A Voyage of Love (London, 1789)

chapter |2 pages

Overview

chapter |2 pages

Epilogue.

part |19 pages

Obi; or, Three-Finger’d Jack (London, 1800)

part |60 pages

The Africans; or, War, Love and Duty (London, 1808)

chapter |2 pages

Overview

chapter |4 pages

Remarks.

chapter |54 pages

The Africans.

part |25 pages

Furibond; or, Harlequin Negro (London, 1808)

chapter |3 pages

Overview

part |75 pages

The Slave (London, 1816)

chapter |2 pages

Overview

chapter |73 pages

The Slave.