The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) - Volume II

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the AfricanSlave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), by Thomas ClarksonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the BritishParliament (1808) Vol. IIAuthor: Thomas ClarksonRelease Date: June 3, 2004 [EBook #12507]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE V.2. ***Produced by Carlo Traverso, Robert Morse and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from imagesgenerously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr.THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, ANDACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ABOLITION OF THEAFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE BY THE BRITISHPARLIAMENT.BY THOMAS CLARKSON, M.A.1808.CHAPTER I.Continuation from June 1788 to July 1789—Author travels to collect further evidence—great difficulties in obtaining it—forms committees on his tour—Privy council resume the examinations—inspect cabinet of African productions—obliged to leave many of the witnesses in behalf of the abolition unexamined—prepare their report—Labours of thecommittee in the ...