A Letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P., Vice President of the African Institution &c. &c. &c: Containing Remarks on the Reports of the Sierra Leone Company, and African Institution, with Hints Respecting the Means by which an Universal Abolition of the Slave Trade Might be Carried Into EffectF.C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - 84 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 70 - February 1810, declared his determination to co-operate with his Britannic Majesty in the cause of humanity and justice, by adopting the most efficacious means for bringing about a gradual Abolition of the Slave Trade...
Σελίδα 71 - Provinces, it is hereby agreed, that all vessels built in the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, and owned, navigated, and registered according to the laws of Great Britain...
Σελίδα 70 - Highness's dominions, in which that trade has been discontinued and abandoned by the Powers and States of Europe, which formerly traded there ; reserving, however, to his own subjects the right of purchasing and trading in Slaves within the African dominions of the Crown of Portugal. It is however to be distinctly understood, that the stipulations -of the present Article are not to be considered as invalidating or otherwise affecting the rights of the Crown of Portugal to the territories of Cabinda...
Σελίδα 76 - Trade on any part of the coast of Africa, not actually belonging to his royal highness's dominions, in which that trade has been discontinued and abandoned by the powers and states of Europe which formerly traded there; reserving, however, to his own subjects, the right of purchasing and trading in slaves within the African dominions of the Crown of Portugal. It is, however, to be distinctly understood, that the stipulations of the present article are not to be considered as invalidating, or otherwise...
Σελίδα 71 - Portugueze government, or any of the inhabitants of the Dominions of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal...
Σελίδα 70 - Majesty in the cause of humanity and justice, by adopting the most efficacious means for bringing about a gradual abolition of the slave trade throughout the whole of his dominions ; and, actuated by this principle, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal engages, that his subjects shall not be permitted to carry on the slave trade on any part of the coast of Africa, not actually belonging to his Royal Highness's dominions, in which that trade has been discontinued and abandoned by the powers...
Σελίδα 27 - A word in private respecting the African Institution. I cannot help regarding it as an important engine. We have many zealous friends in it, high in rank and influence, who, I am persuaded, are anxious to do what can be done, both for the Colony and for Africa. Mr. Perceval and Mr. Canning are with us decidedly.
Σελίδα 35 - I have NO DOUBT that Government will be disposed to adopt almost any plan which we may propose to them, with respect to Africa, provided we will but save them the trouble of thinking.
Σελίδα xxvi - not to " suffer their servants to have the slightest con" nexion with the slave trade ; neither to buy, '•" sell, or employ any one in a state of slavery ; " and to repress the traffic as far as their influence
Σελίδα 70 - American dominions, has resolved to co-operate with his Britannic Majesty in the cause of humanity and justice, by adopting the most efficacious means for bringing about a gradual abolition of the Slave Trade throughout the whole of his dominions.