Pamphlets on West Indian slavery
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Pamphlets on West Indian slavery
(Cambridge library collection)
Cambridge University Press, 2010
- : pbk
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Note
"This edition first published 1824-7. This digitally printed version 2010"--T.p. verso
Heyrick's pamphlet was originally published: London : J. Hatchard, 1824
McDonnell's pamphlet was originally published: London : J. Murray, 1827
Contents of Works
- Immediate, not gradual abolition; or, An inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery / [Elizabeth Heyrick]
- Compulsory manumission; or, An examination of the actual state of the West India question / by Alexander M'Donnell
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book contains two pamphlets showing two opposed points of view on the slavery question. British philanthropist Elizabeth Heyrick (1769-1831) was a strong supporter of complete emancipation for slaves in the British West Indies, and published Immediate, Not Gradual Abolition in 1824. This work not only criticises anti-slavery campaigners of the time, whose efforts Heyrick considered too cautious and indirect; they also call for a boycott of all slave-produced goods from the West Indies - particularly sugar - and underline the collective responsibility of British citizens in the matter. Alexander McDonnell (1794-1875) was an equally vigorous propagandist for the sugar-planters of the West Indies, and published Compulsory Manumission: or, An Examination of the Actual State of the West India Question, in 1827. These works show the strength of feeling on both sides of the argument in Britain nearly twenty years after the abolition of the slave trade.
Table of Contents
- 1. Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, an inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual means of getting rid of West Indian slavery
- 2. Compulsory manumission, or an examination of the actual state of the West India question.
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