The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839)

Thomas Clarkson

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Title: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the
Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839)
Author: Thomas Clarkson
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THE HISTORY OF THE RISE,
PROGRESS, AND
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE
ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE,
BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
By THOMAS CLARKSON, M.A. 1839Figure 1. Thomas Clarkson
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, LORD GRENVILLE,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES, EARL GREY,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS, EARL MOIRA,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE JOHN, EARL SPENCER,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY RICHARD, LORD HOLLAND,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS, LORD ERSKINE,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD, LORD ELLENBOROUGH,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD HENRY PETTY,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS GRENVILLE,
NINE OUT OF TWELVE OF HIS MAJESTY'S LATE CABINET MINISTERS,TO WHOSE WISE AND VIRTUOUS ADMINISTRATION BELONGS
THE UNPARALLELED AND ETERNAL GLORY
OF THE ANNIHILATION,
AS FAR AS THEIR POWER EXTENDED,
OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SOURCES OF CRIMES AND SUFFERINGS,
EVER RECORDED IN THE ANNALS OF MANKIND;
AND TO THE MEMORIES OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM PITT,
AND OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES JAMES FOX,
UNDER WHOSE FOSTERING INFLUENCE
THE GREAT WORK WAS BEGUN AND PROMOTED;
THIS HISTORY
OF
THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF
THE SLAVE TRADE,
IS RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.
CONTENTS
1. PREFATORY REMARKS ON THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
2. CHAPTER I Introduction.—Estimate of the evil of the Slave Trade; and of
the blessing of the Abolition of it.—Usefulness of the contemplation of this
subject
3. CHAPTER II Those, who favoured the cause of the Africans previously to
1787, were so many necessary forerunners in it.—Cardinal Ximenes; and
others
4. CHAPTER III Forerunners continued to 1787; divided now into four
classes.—First consists of persons in England of various descriptions,
Godwyn, Baxter, and others
5. CHAPTER IV Second, of the Quakers in England, George Fox, and his
religious descendants
6. CHAPTER V Third, of the Quakers in America.—Union of these with
individuals of other religious denominations in the same cause
7. CHAPTER VI Facility of junction between the members of these three
different classes
8. CHAPTER VII Fourth, consists of Dr. Peckard; then of the Author.—
Author wishes to embark in the cause; falls in with several of the
members of these classes
9. CHAPTER VIII Fourth class continued; Langton, Baker, and others.—
Author now embarks in the cause as a business of his life
10. CHAPTER IX Fourth class continued; Sheldon, Mackworth, and others.—
Author seeks for further information on the subject; and visits Members of
Parliament
11. CHAPTER X Fourth class continued.—Author enlarges his knowledge.—
Meeting at Mr. Wilberforce's.—Remarkable junction of all the four classes,
and a Committee formed out of them, in May, 1787, for the Abolition of the
Slave Trade.
12. CHAPTER XI History of the preceding classes, and of their junction,
shown by means of a map.
13. CHAPTER XII Author endeavours to do away the charge of ostentation in
consequence of becoming so conspicuous in this work.
14. CHAPTER XIII Proceedings of the Committee; Emancipation declared to
be no part of its object.—Wrongs of Africa by Mr. Roscoe.
15. CHAPTER XIV Author visits Bristol to collect information.—Ill-usage of
seamen in the Slave Trade.—Articles of African produce.—Massacre at
Calabar.
16. CHAPTER XV Mode of procuring and paying seamen in that trade; their
mortality in it.—Construction and admeasurement of slave-ships.—
Difficulty of procuring evidence.—Cases of Gardiner and Arnold.
17. CHAPTER XVI Author meets with Alexander Falconbridge; visits ill-
treated and disabled seamen; takes a mate out of one of the slave-
vessels, and puts another in prison for murder.
18. CHAPTER XVII Visits Liverpool.—Specimens of African produce.—Dock
duties.—Iron instruments used in the traffic.—His introduction to Mr.
Norris.19. CHAPTER XVIII Manner of procuring and paying seamen at Liverpool in
the Slave Trade; their treatment and mortality.—Murder of Peter Green.—
Dangerous situation of the Author in consequence of his inquiries.
20. CHAPTER XIX Author proceeds to Manchester; delivers a discourse
there on the subject of the Slave Trade.—Revisits Bristol; new and
difficult situation there; suddenly crosses the Severn at night.—Returns to
London.
21. CHAPTER XX Labours of the Committee during the Author's journey.—
Mr. Sharp elected chairman.—Seal engraved.—Letters from different
correspondents to the Committee.
22. CHAPTER XXI Further labours of the Committee to February, 1788.—List
of new Correspondents.
23. CHAPTER XXII Progress of the cause to the middle of May.—Petitions to
Parliament.—Author's interviews with Mr. Pitt and Mr. Grenville.—Privy
Council inquire into the subject; examine Liverpool delegates.—
Proceedings of the Committee for the Abolition.—Motion and Debate in
the House of Commons; discussion of the general question postponed to
the next Session.
24. CHAPTER XXIII Progress to the middle of July.—Bill to diminish the
horrors of the Middle Passage; Evidence examined against it; Debates;
Bill passed through both Houses.—Proceedings of the Committee, and
effects of them.
25. CHAPTER XXIV Continuation from June, 1788, to July, 1789.—Author
travels in search of fresh evidence.—Privy Council resume their
examinations; prepare their report.—Proceedings of the Committee for the
Abolition; and of the Planters and others.—Privy Council report laid on
the table of the House of Commons; debate upon it.—Twelve
propositions.—Opponents refuse to argue from the report; examine new
evidence of their own in the House of Commons.—Renewal of the Middle
Passage Bill.—Death and character of Ramsay.
26. CHAPTER XXV Continuation from July, 1789, to July, 1790.—Author
travels to Paris to promote the abolition in France; his proceedings there;
returns to England.—Examination of opponents' evidence resumed in the
Commons.—Author travels in quest of new evidence on the side of the
Abolition; this, after great opposition, introduced.—Renewal of the Middle
Passage Bill.—Section of the slave-ship.—Cowper's Negro's Complaint.
—Wedgewood's Cameos.
27. CHAPTER XXVI Continuation from July, 1790, to July, 1791.—Author
travels again.—Examinations on the side of the Abolition resumed in the
Commons; list of those examined.—Cruel circumstances of the times.—
Motion for the Abolition of the Trade; debates; motion lost.—Resolutions
of the Committee.—Sierra Leone Company established.
28. CHAPTER XXVII Continuation from July, 1791, to July, 1792.—Author
travels again.—People begin to leave off sugar; petition Parliament.—
Motion renewed in the Commons; debates; abolition resolved upon, but
not to commence till 1796.—The Lords determine upon hearing evidence
on the resolution; this evidence introduced; further hearing of it postponed
to the next Session
29. CHAPTER XXVIII Continuation from July, 1792, to July, 1793.—Author
travels again.—Motion to renew the Resolution of the last year in the
Commons; motion lost.—New motion to abolish the foreign Slave Trade;
motion lost.—Proceeding of the Lords
30. CHAPTER XXIX Continuation from July, 1793, to July, 1794.—Author
travels again.—Motion to abolish the foreign Slave Trade renewed, and
carried; but lost in the Lords; further proceedings there.—Author, on
account of declining health, obliged to retire from the cause
31. CHAPTER XXX Continuation from July, 1794, to July, 1799.—Various
motions within this period
32. CHAPTER XXXI Continuation from July, 1799, to July, 1805.—Various
motions within this period
33. CHAPTER XXXII Continuation from July, 1805, to July, 1806.—Author,
restored, joins the Committee again.—Death of Mr. Pitt.—Foreign Slave
Trade abolished.—Resolution to take measures for the total abolition of
the trade.—Address to the King to negotiate with foreign powers for their
concurrence in it.—Motion to p