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The groans of Britons at the gloomy prospect of the present precarious state of their liberties and properties, compared with what it has been. Illustrated with Various Examples, from Antient and Modern History of Free Nations becoming Slaves from the Effects of Avarice, the borrid Vice to which we owe all our present Calamities.
Date: [1743]- Books
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A discourse, delivered April 12, 1797, at the request of and before the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been or May Be Liberated. By Samuel Miller, A.M. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches in the city of New-York, and member of said Society.
Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850.Date: --1797--- Books
L'alcool et les Russes / par Marie-Rose Rialand ; préface de Basile Kerblay.
Rialand, Marie-Rose.Date: 1989- Archives and manuscripts
Conveyance of rebel slaves from Port-au-Prince to Jamaica
Date: 29 February-28 April 1792Reference: MS.7151/4-9Part of: Slave Trade- Books
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The monopolizer outwitted! A musical entertainment, in two acts. By Archibald Maclaren, Author of the Coup-de-Main; Siege of Perth; highland Drover; First Nights Lodging; Old England for Ever; Humours of the Times; Account of the Irish Insurrection; the Negro Slaves, Soldier's Widow, &c. &c. &c. May the Sharp Seythe of the Law mow down the whole Crop of Monopolizers.
MacLaren, Archibald, 1755-1826.Date: 1800- Books
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An essay upon the state and condition of physicians among the antients: occasioned By a late dissertation of the Reverend Dr. Middleton: asserting That Physick was Servile and Dishonourable among the old Romans, and only practis'd by Slaves, and the meanest of the People. By Charles Lamotte, A.M. Chaplain to the Duke of Montagu, F. R. S. and Member of the Society of Antiquaries in London.
Lamotte, Charles.Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
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What news from Bantry Bay; or, the faithful Irishman. A comic opera. Written by Archibald M'laren, Sergeant in the Dunbarton Highlanders. Author of the Coup de Main-Siege of Perth-Siege of Berwick-Tale of other Days-American Slaves-Scottish Volunteers-Highland Drover-Scotsman in London-Greenock Fair, &c. As it was performed at St. Peter's, Guernsey, by Mr. Bernard's Company, from Covent-Garden. To which is added, a copy of Mr. Daly's letter.
MacLaren, Archibald, 1755-1826.Date: 1798- Books
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The act of assembly of the island of Jamaica, to repeal several acts, and clauses of acts, respecting slaves, and for the better Order and Government of Slaves, and for other Purposes; commonly called the Consolidated Act, as Exhibiting at One View Most of the Essential Regulations of the Jamaica Code Noir; which was passed by the Assembly on the 19th day of December 1787, and by the Lieutenant Governor and the Council on the 22d of the said Month. Respectfully communicated to the public by Stephen Fuller, Esq. Agent for Jamaica.
Jamaica.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The humours of the times; or, what news now? A comic opera, in two acts, written by Archibald M'laren, Late Sergeant in the Dumbartonshire Highlanders; Author of the Coup de Main, Seige of Perth, American Slaves, Blackman and Blackbird, Highland Drover, Old England for Ever, Account of Insurrection in Ireland, &c. &c. To which is annexed a Copy of a Letter from the Manager of the Dublin Theatre to the Author, containing his Approbation of the Piece.
MacLaren, Archibald, 1755-1826.Date: 1799- Books
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A letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, from An Inhabitant of His Majesty's Leeward-Caribbee-Islands. Containing some Considerations on His Lordship's Two Letters of May 19, 1727. The first To the Masters and Mistresses of Families in the English Plantations abroad; The second To the Missionaries there. In which is Inserted, A Short essay concerning the Conversion of the Negro-Slaves in our Sugar-Colonies: Written in the Month of June, 1727, by the same Inhabitant.
Inhabitant of His Majesty's Leeward-Caribee-Islands.Date: 1730- Books
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Utopia: or the happy republic; a philosophical romance, in two books. Book I. Containing Preliminary Discourses on the happiest State of a Commonwealth. Book II. Containing a Description of the Island of Utopia, The Towns, Magistrates, Mechanick Trades, and Manner of Life of the Utopians, Their Traffick, Travelling, Slaves, Marriages, Military Discipline, Religions. Written in Latin by Sir Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England. Translated into English by Gilbert Burnet D.D. Sometime Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow, afterwards Bishop of Sarum.
More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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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.
Date: 1794- Books
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Several voyages to Barbary. Containing an historical and geographical account of the country. With the Hardships, Sufferings, and manner of Redeeming Christian Slaves. Together with a curious Description of Mequinez, Oran, and Alcazar. With a journal of the late siege and surrender of Oran. To which are added, the maps of Barbary, and the Sea-Coasts; the Prospects of Mequinez and Alcazar; an exact Plan of Oran, and a View of the Ancient Roman Ruins near Mequinez. All Design'd by Captain Henry Boyde. The Whole Illustrated with Notes Historical and Critical.
La Motte, Philémon de.Date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]- Books
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An answer to the Rev. Mr. Clarkson's essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African; in a series of letters, from a gentleman in Jamaica, to his friend in London: wherein many of the mistakes and misrepresentations of Mr. Clarkson are pointed out, Both With Regard To The Manner in which that Commerce is carried on in Africa, And The Treatment of the Slaves in the West Indies. Shewing, At The Same Time, The Antiquity, Universality, and Lawfulness of Slavery, as as ever having been one of the States and Conditions of Mankind. By G. Francklyn, Esq.
Francklyn, Gilbert.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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Reflections on the present state of the slaves in the British plantations, and the slave trade from Africa.
Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A voyage to Barbary, for the redemption of captives; performed (in 1720) by the Mathurin-Trinitarian Fathers, Fran. Comelin, Philemon de la Motte, and Jos. Bernard. Now first Englished from the French original. With lists of more than 400 Slaves ransomed (by the Royal Bounty of their late and present Majesties) from Mequeniz: Also very exact Draughts of that Place, Alcasar, Oran, and its Neighbourhood, with Maps, &c To which is subjoined, the history, ancient and modern, of Oran, &c. With a Journal of the Spaniards Procedure in those their recent African Conquests. The whole illustrated with Annotations Historical, Critical, and Explanatory.
La Motte, Philémon de.Date: MD.CC.CXXXV[1735]- Books
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A memorial deliver'd by Mr. Prior, Envoy-Extraordinary of his Britannick Majesty, to His most Christian Majesty, against The Fortifying the Ports and Harbours of Dunkirk and Mardike. The French King's Answer thereunto. A Memorial deliver'd to his Britannick Majesty in Holland, in Favour of the French Protestant Galley-Slaves. With the King's most Gracious Answer. The Buckinghamshire Electors Instructions to their Representatives, &c. The Citizens of London's Instructions to their Representatives. As Also the Protests of the Lords against the Clandestine Steps taken for a Separate Peace. Humbly offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons.
Date: [1715]- Ephemera
Black mistress, loves slaves.
Date: [1992]- Ephemera
Black mistress, loves slaves.
Date: [1992]- Ephemera
Black mistress, loves slaves.
Date: [1992]- Ephemera
Black mistress, loves slaves.
Date: [1991]- Ephemera
Black mistress, loves slaves.
Date: [1992]- Books
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The rights of British slaves.
Date: [1796?]- Archives and manuscripts
Painting of Livingstone freeing slaves
Date: mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: MS.7856/20Part of: Roche, Eleazer Birch (1848-1930), general practitioner and homoeopath- Books
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That the number of slaves annually carried from the Coast of Africa, ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1789]