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A Report of a committee of the Council of Barbadoes, appointed to inquire into the actual condition of the slaves in this island with a view to refute certain calumnies respecting their treatment and also to take into consideration certain measures affecting the West Indies which have been lately agitated in the House of Commons.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition.
- Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833--Views on slavery.
- Wilberforce, William.
- Slavery--West Indies, British.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Barbados.
- Slaveholders--Barbados.
- Slaveholders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 127 p. )
- Other Title:
- Report of a committee of the Council of Barbadoes, appointed to inquire into the actual condition of the slaves in this island
- Place of Publication:
- London : W. Sior, 1824 (T. Cope)
- Summary:
- The reports argue against the abolitionist views of William Wilberforce, and the appendices hold interviews with officers and slave-owners who claim that the slaves of the island are happy and contented.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the Royal Commonwealth Society. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.
- OCLC:
- 505797684
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