Abolition of slavery
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
File
Letters from George B. Airy to his uncle Arthur Biddell, 12 December 1854 - 31 May 1858
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10452/2/1-6
Scope and Contents
Mainly concerning the establishment of an obelisk to Thomas Clarkson in Playford churchyard.
Dates:
12 December 1854 - 31 May 1858
Sub-Fonds
'Memorandum in regard to the slave trade between East Africa and the United States', 1909
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 113/2
Scope and Contents
An undated memorandum regarding the extent to which enslaved persons taken to America included Africans from the eastern side of the continent, consisting largely of extracts from T. Fowell Buxton's 'The African slave trade and its remedy' (1840). The latest date mentioned in the memorandum is 1909.
Dates:
1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Africa miscellanea
Item
'The Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, on a Motion for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the House of Commons on Monday the Second of April 1792', 1792-04-02, 1792
Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/PIT/2/2
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet printed by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street, London.
Dates:
1792-04-02; Publication: 1792