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Total number of records: 20

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Quaker Collection6
Brotherton Collection2

Count of Subject

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slave-trade13
slave trade7
slavery4
antislavery movements1
crimes against humanity1
enslaved persons1
natural history1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Guinea5
Great Britain4
Africa, West3
Africa2
Benin1
Ivory Coast1
Jamaica1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784)4
Great Britain. Parliament3
Ady, John (1812)2
Bosman, Willem2
Great Britain2
Sharp, Granville (1735-1813)2
Society of Friends. Meeting For Sufferings2
Ady, John1
Agaja, King of Dahomey, 1673-17401
Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846)1

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Considerations on the present peace, as far as it is relative to the colonies, and the African trade

MDCCLXIII [1763]

Includes table of statistics. Errata: p. 68. Anonymous.

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Notes on the slave trade, &c

Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784)

[1781]

By Anthony Benezet.

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Some historical account of Guinea, its situation, produce and the general disposition of its inhabitants, with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade, its nature and lamentable effects, also a re-publication of the sentiments of several authors of note on this interesting subject, particularly an extract of a treatise by Granville Sharp

Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784); Sharp, Granville (1735-1813)

1771

"Extract from a representation of the injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery... by Granville Sharp": p. 1-35 [2nd sequence]. Sharp's extract has separate title-page, pagination and sig...

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The case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislature of Great-Britain

Ady, John (1812); Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

1784

"Signed by order of the meeting for sufferings... John Ady, clerk to the meeting."--p. 15. Advertisements for Phillips's publications on final page.

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Notes on the slave trade, &c

Benezet, Anthony (1713-1784)

[1781]

By Anthony Benezet.

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The case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislature of Great-Britain

Ady, John (1812); Society of Friends. Meeting for Sufferings

1783

Subscribed (p.16) by John Ady, clerk. Issued by the Meeting for Sufferings.

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Justice and mercy recommended, particularly with reference to the slave trade : a sermon preached before the University of Cambridge

Peckard, Peter (1718?-1797)

1788

Includes: 'At a committee of the Society, instituted for the purpose of effecting the abolition of the slave trade', dated London, 15th Jan. 1788.

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