The horrors of the Negro slavery existing in our West Indian islands: $b irrefragably demonstrated from official documents recently presented to the House of CommonsAnonymous
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The horrors of the Negro slavery existing in our West Indian islands: $b irrefragably demonstrated from official documents recently presented to the House of Commons
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Enslaved persons -- West Indies -- Social conditions; Slave trade -- West Indies, British; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
On the 25th of February 1805, a number of additional papers
respecting the Slave Trade was presented to the House of Commons by
His Majesty. To these papers it is the purpose of this pamphlet to
call the attention of the public, as exhibiting a picture of Negro
bondage, with which every individual in the kingdom ought to be made
fully acquainted, who has a heart to feel for the miseries of his
fellow-creatures, or a voice to raise against that detestable traffic
which is the main prop of colonial despotism.
The first thing which occurs in these papers particularly deserving
of notice is a continuation of the correspondence between Lord
SEAFORTH and the Secretary of State. The following is a transcript of
it, with the addition of a few notes intended to illustrate the text:
“_Extract of a Letter from Lord Seaforth to the Earl Camden, dated
Barbadoes, 13th November 1804._
“I also enclose four papers, numbered from number 1 to 4,
containing, from different quarters, _reports on the horrid
murders_ I mentioned in some former letters; _they are selected
from a great number, among which there is not one in contradiction
of the horrible facts_, though several of the letters are very
concise and defective: the truth is, that nothing has given me
more trouble to get to the bottom of than these businesses, _so
horridly absurd are the prejudices of the people_[1]; however, a
great part of my object is answered, by the alarm my interference
has excited, and the attention it has called to the business; bills
are already proposed to make murder felony in both the Council and
the Assembly; but _I fear they will be thrown out for the present
in the Assembly_; the Council are unanimous on the side of humanity.
“(_President Ince’s Statement._)
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