Title page from The History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, vol. 2

Part of: The History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, 2 vols. The History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, vol. 2

Vol. II of a very detailed 2 volume history of the British efforts to abolish the Atlantic slave trade by a Quaker leader of the abolitionist movement.

Key Quotes

Colonies, Slavery & Abolition

Thus ended one of the most glorious contests, after a continuance for twenty years, of any ever carried on in any age or country. A contest, not of brutal violence, but of reason. A contest between those, who felt deeply for the happiness and the honour of their fellow-creatures, and those, who,…