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Antislavery movements - Great Britain

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    Two of the petitions from Scotland, which were presented to the last Parliament, praying the abolition of the African slave trade

    Society Established at Edinburgh for Effecting the Abolition of the African Slave Trade | Date: 1790
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    Thoughts on the slavery of the negroes

    Woods, Joseph | Date: 1785
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    List of the Society, instituted in 1787, for the purpose of effecting the abolition of the slave trade

    Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade | Date: 1788
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    A discourse in favour of the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies . Preached on the first Sunday in Lent, in the parish church of Ware, Herts. By the Rev. W. Hughes, M.A. Published by the Desire of the Audience.

    Hughes, William, d. 1798. | Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]
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    Considerations on the abolition of slavery and the slave trade, upon grounds of natural, religious, and political duty

    Burgess, Thomas, 1756-1837. | Date: 1789
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Slave trade - Great Britain
Slavery - West Indies, British

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