
Great Britain, in the yeaap 1807, consented to abandon her participation in mb iniquities of theS lave Trade, which, during an age of comparative moral darkness, she had been willing to bear. Although slavery was still permitted to exhibit its form, and to protract its existence in the colonies, yet henceforth British subjects were prohibited, by the severest terrors of law, from any share in the ...
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ve Trade. But the battle of slave emancipation in our colonies continued to be fought during another generation: and in spite of the hostility of 5the West-I ndian interest, the terrors of a French revolution, and the slave rebellion inS t. Domingo, all alike disingenuously employed to associate the question of slave emancipation with the wild excesses of the Jacobin, and to rob the African Negro of his inalienable birthright, in 1833 slavery was expunged from theB ritish Statute Book, and the flag of freedom waved over our West-I ndian islands. Having sacrificed Twenty Millions sterjing on the altar of justice and humanity in accomplishing this act, we were found prepared and willing to follow up the step by a continued annual outlay of treasure and life, which, after all, is a paltry, though righteous, recompence for our past share in the crime.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the PublisherForgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org