Slave trade - Early works to 1800
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The law of passive obedience : or Christian submission to personal injuries: Wherein is shewn, that the several texts of scripture, which command the entire submission of servants or slaves to their masters, cannot authorize the latter to exact an involuntary servitude, nor, in the least degree, justify the claims of modern Slaveholders. By Granville Sharp.
Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.Date: [1776?]- E-books
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An answer to the Rev. Mr. Clarkson's essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species , particularly the African; in a series of letters, from a gentleman in Jamaica, to his friend in London: wherein many of the mistakes and misrepresentations of Mr. Clarkson are pointed out, Both With Regard To The Manner in which that Commerce is carried on in Africa, And The Treatment of the Slaves in the West Indies. Shewing, At The Same Time, The Antiquity, Universality, and Lawfulness of Slavery, as as ever having been one of the States and Conditions of Mankind. By G. Francklyn, Esq.
Gilbert FrancklynDate: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- E-books
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The duty and interest of every private person : and the kingdom at large at the present Juncture. Addressed to the public. By John-Marks Moffatt, of Nailsworth.
Moffatt, John Marks, -1802.Date: MDCCLXXVIIII. [1779]- E-books
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An essay on the slave trade
Grímur Jónsson Thorkelín, 1752-1829.Date: 1788- E-books
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An examination of the Rev. Mr. Elliot's opinion, respecting the mode of baptism, and the scriptures on which it is founded, in a late work, entitled Dipping not baptizing
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]