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Pages : 64
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Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies
Author: Thomas ClarksonPublisher:
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Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies
Author: Thomas ClarksonPublisher: Good Press
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Pages : 81
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Thoughts on the necessity of improving the condition of the slaves in the British colonies
Author: Thomas ClarksonThoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of Slaves in the British Colonies
Author: Thomas ClarksonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734018617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies
Author: T. ClarksonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781409938026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), was an abolitionist and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. It was while at Cambridge, in 1785, that he entered a Latin essay competition which was to set him on the course that he would take for most of the rest of his life. The publication of the translation, An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African (1786) had an immediate impact. An informal committee was set up which was to lead, in May 1787, to the foundation of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Clarkson took a leading part in the affairs of the Committee, and was given the responsibility for collecting information to support the abolition of the slave trade. He continued to write, filling his works with the descriptions he had heard first hand from sailors, surgeons and others who had been themselves involved in the traffic, such as the account of a sailor who had served aboard a slave-ship, which was published in 1789 as An Essay on the Slave Trade.
Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British
Author: Thomas ClarksonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722700614
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicability, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure. by Thomas Clarkson I know of no subject, where humanity and justice, as well as public and private interest, would be more intimately united than in that, which should recommend a mitigation of the slavery, with a view afterwards to the emancipation of the Negroes, wherever such may be held in bondage. This subject was taken up for consideration, so early as when the Abolition of the slave trade was first practically thought of, and by the very persons who first publicly embarked in that cause in England; but it was at length abandoned by them, not on the ground that Slavery was less cruel, or wicked, or impolitic, than the slave trade, but for other reasons. In the first place there were not at that time so many obstacles in the way of the Abolition, as of the Emancipation of the Negroes. In the second place Abolition could be effected immediately, and with but comparatively little loss, and no danger. Emancipation, on the other hand, appeared to be rather a work of time. It was beset too with many difficulties, which required deep consideration, and which, if not treated with great caution and prudence, threatened the most alarming results. In the third place, it was supposed, that, by effecting the abolition of the slave trade, the axe would be laid to the root of the whole evil; so that by cutting off the more vital part of it, the other would gradually die away: bb for what was more reasonable than to suppose, that, when masters could no longer obtain Slaves from Africa or elsewhere, they would be compelled individually, by a sort of inevitable necessity, or a fear of consequences, or by a sense of their own interest, to take better care of those whom they might then have in their possession? What was more reasonable to suppose, than that the different legislatures themselves, moved also by the same necessity, would immediately interfere, without even the loss of a day, and so alter and amend the laws relative to the treatment of Slaves, as to enforce that as a public duty, which it would be thus the private interest of individuals to perform? Was it not also reasonable to suppose that a system of better treatment, thus begun by individuals, and enforced directly afterwards by law, would produce more willing as well as more able and valuable labourers than before; and that this effect, when once visible, would again lead both masters and legislators on the score of interest to treat their slaves still more like men; nay, at length to give them even privileges; and thus to elevate their condition by degrees, till at length it would be no difficult task, and no mighty transition, to pass them to that most advantageous situation to both parties, the rank of Free Men? We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Thoughts on the Necessity for improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies, with a view to their ultimate emancipation; and on the practicability, the safety, and the advantages of the latter measure
Author: Thomas CLARKSON (the Philanthropist.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; And on the Practicability, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure
Author: Thomas ClarksonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338733866X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies
Author: Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies
Author: Thomas ClarksonPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781356762309
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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