A short sketch of the evidence for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of CommonsCrafton, William Bell
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A short sketch of the evidence for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons
Crafton, William Bell
Slave trade -- Great Britain; Speeches, addresses, etc., English
[13] In one of the ships we find the slaves privately and voluntarily
feeding the hungry sailors with a part of their own scanty allowance.
[14] Rom. xii. chap. 20 ver.
[15] Fox’s Speech in the House of Commons.
[16] Ezek. xxvii. 13.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 2: ‘important Puplications’ replaced by ‘important Publications’.
Pg 3: ‘SHOTR SKETCH’ replaced by ‘SHORT SKETCH’.
Pg 6: ‘participate the profits’ replaced by
‘participate in the profits’.
Pg 10: ‘The thumscrew is’ replaced by ‘The thumbscrew is’.
Pg 11: ‘capable of swiming’ replaced by ‘capable of swimming’.
Pg 11: ‘with the ferociety’ replaced by ‘with the ferocity’.
Pg 15: ‘They are retured’ replaced by ‘They are returned’.
Pg 16: ‘large scissars’ replaced by ‘large scissors’.
Pg 16: ‘took a hammar’ replaced by ‘took a hammer’.
Pg 17: ‘his own villany’ replaced by ‘his own villainy’.
Pg 18: ‘these barbaraties’ replaced by ‘these barbarities’.
Pg 21: ‘or a Goal’ replaced by ‘or a Gaol’.
Pg 27: ‘real effiminacy’ replaced by ‘real effeminacy’.
Pg 27: ‘severest oppession’ replaced by ‘severest oppression’.
Pg 27: ‘superstious fear’ replaced by ‘superstitious fear’.
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