A short treatise on the unfair purchase of the slaves, and their barbarous usage from Africa to the West Indies. Their cruel Treatment in the West Indies. That the slave trade is a disgrace to rational humanity, but more especially to Christianity. That the trade is abolishable only by an Act of Parliament: and As the House of Commons have agreed, it is hoped the House of Lords will concur as soon as Opportunity suits. - To discipline the Slaves to do their Work with little or no Flogging. - That Sugar is dear only from the Greatness of the Consumption; and that if we would have Sugar more cheap and plentiful, the new Plantations in Africa must be properly encouraged.
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- 1794
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Hull : printed January 2, 1794.
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16 p. ; 80.
References note
ESTC T231548
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.