5. (_a_) A Speech delivered at a Free Conference between the
Honourable the Council and Assembly of Jamaica, held the 19th
November, 1789, on the subject of Mr. Wilberforce’s propositions in
the House of Commons concerning the Slave Trade. By Bryan Edwards,
Esq., Member of the Assembly of the said Island. _Kingston, Jamaica_,
1789. Small 4to.
(_b_) A Speech ... on the Subject of Mr. Wilberforce’s propositions in
the House of Commons concerning the Slave Trade. _London_, 1790. 8vo.
6. A Vindication of the Conduct and Proceedings of the English
Government towards the Spanish Nation in M.D.C.L.V., in reply to the
Misrepresentations of some late Historians. Also some account of the
State of Jamaica, its inhabitants and productions, on its surrender.
By Bryan Edwards, Esquire. _In_ “An Abridgement of the Laws of
Jamaica.... _St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica_, 1793.” 4to.
7. Poems written chiefly in the West Indies. _Kingston, Jamaica_,
1793. Small 4to.
[Contains a translation of the Second Epode of Horace, by his brother
Nathaniel Bayly Edwards.]
8. Abstract of Mr. Park’s Account of his Travels and Discoveries,
abridged, from his own minutes. By B. Edwards, Esq. _In_ “Proceedings
of the Association for promoting the discovery of the interior parts
of Africa.” Vol. 2, 1798. 4to.
9. Travels in the interior districts of Africa; performed under the
direction and patronage of the African Association in the years 1795,
1796, 1797, with an appendix containing geographical illustrations of
Africa by Major Rennell. Edited by Bryan Edwardes. _London_, 1799.
4to.
His writings evoked the following publications:
10. A letter to Bryan Edwards, Esq., containing Observations on some
passages of his History of the West Indies. By William Preston,
M.R.I.A. _London_, 1795.
11. Lettre à M. Bryan Edwards, membre du parlement d’Angleterre et de
la Société Royale de Londres, colon propriétaire à la Jamaïque, en
réfutation de son ouvrage, intitulé Vues Historiques sur la Colonie
Française de Saint-Domingue, etc., etc., publié en Mars dernier, Par
M. le Colonel Venault de Charmilly, chevalier de l’ordre royal et
militaire de St. Louis, colon propriétaire à St. Domingue, ancien
membre de l’Assemblé générale de cette colonie: chargé par les
Ministres de sa Majesté Britannique, et par les Habitans de la
Grande-Anse de régler, accepter et signer la capitulation pour la
reddition de la partie Française de Saint-Domingue avec M. le
lieutenant-general Adam Williamson, lieutenant-gouverneur de la
Jamaïque, etc., etc. _Londres_, juillet, 1797. Small folio.
(_b_) Answer, by way of letter to Bryan Edwards, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.,
Planter of Jamaica, etc., containing a Refutation of his Historical
Survey of the French Colony of St. Domingo, etc. By Colonel Venault de
Charmilly.... _London_, 1797. Small folio.
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