Slavery - Early works to 1800
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Essays historical and moral . By G. Gregory.
Gregory, G. (George), 1754-1808.Date: M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]- E-books
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The address of Abraham Johnstone, a black man , who was hanged at Woodbury, in the county of Glocester, and state of New Jersey, on Saturday the the [sic] 8th day of July last; to the people of colour. To which is added his dying confession or declaration also, a copy of letter to his wife, written the day previous to his execution.
Johnstone, Abraham, d. 1797.Date: 1797- E-books
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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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A merry new year's gift or, the captain's letter to the colonel about the late election in Southwark.
Date: M.DCC.XII. [1712]