Browse the May Anti-Slavery Collection

1700-1799

• [1704] Afer baptizatus, or, The Negro made Christian : being a short and plain discourse shewing I. The necessity of instructing and baptizing slaves in English plantations. II. The mistake of that vulgar opinion that slaves do cease to be slaves when once baptized : delivered (most of it) in a sermom(!) preach'd at Stratford-le-Bow in Middlesex, March the 15th, 1701/2 by Hill, Anthony. available in print

• [1748] Seasonable observations on the trade to Africa : in a letter to a member of Parliament. by No author available in print

• [1758] Duty of Christians to propogate their religion among heathens, earnestly recommended to the masters of negroe slaves in Virginia : a sermon preached in Hanover, January 8, 1757, The by Davies, Samuel, 1723-1761. available in print

• [1762] Short account of that part of Africa, inhabited by the Negroes : with respect to the fertility of the country; the good disposition of many of the natives, and the manner by which the slave trade is carried on, A by Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. available in print

• [1773] Brief considerations on slavery, and the expediency of its abolition : with some hints on the means whereby it may be gradually effected : recommended to the serious attention of all, and especially of those entrusted with the powers of legislation. by Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824. available in print

• [1773] Account stated on the manumission of slaves : shewing, that in lieu of the usual security required, certain sums paid at several periods of manumission, will amply secure the publick, as well as their owners from any future burden, An by Collins, Isaac, 1746-1817.

• [1773] Personal slavery established, by the suffrages of custom and right reason : being a full answer to the gloomy and visionary reveries, of all the fanatical and enthusiastical writers on that subject. by Dunlap, John, 1747-1812. available in print

• [1773] Slavery not forbidden by Scripture, or, A defence of the West-India planters, from the aspersions thrown out against them, by the author of a pamphlet, entitled, "An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping" by Nisbet, Richard. available in print

• [1773] Essay on slavery : proving from Scripture its inconsistency with humanity and religion; in answer to a late publication, entitled, "The African trade for Negro slaves shewn to be consistent with principles of humanity, and with the laws of revealed religion", An by Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. available in print

• [1775] Address to the inhabitants of the British colonies in America, upon slave-keeping, An by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813. available in print

• [1784] Thoughts on the late proceedings of government respecting the trade of the West India Islands with the United States of North America by Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800. available in print

• [1784] Caution to Great Britain and her colonies : in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British dominions, A by Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. available in print

• [1784] Case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans, respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the legislation of Great-Britain,, The by London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends). Meeting for Sufferings. available in print

• [1785] Dialogue concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the American states to emancipate all their African slaves : with an address to the owners of such slaves : dedicated to the Honourable the Continental Congress : to which is prefixed, the institution of the society, in New-York, for promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be, liberated, A by Hopkins, Samuel, 1721-1803. available in print

• [1785] Cursory remarks upon the Reverend Mr. Ramsay's Essay on the treatment and conversion of African slaves in the British sugar colonies by Tobin, James, d. 1817. available in print

• [1786] Apology for negro slavery, or, The West-India planters vindicated from the charge of inhumanity, An by Turnbull, Gordon. available in print

• [1787] Short rejoinder to the Reverend Mr. Ramsay's reply : with a word or two on some other publications of the same tendency, A by Tobin, James, d. 1817. available in print

• [1787] Letters on the slave trade : first published in Wheeler's Manchester chronicle; and since re-printed with additions and alterations by Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839. available in print

• [1788] Thoughts upon the African slave trade by Newton, John, 1725-1807. available in print

• [1788] Supplement to Mr. Cooper's Letters on the slave trade. by Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839. available in print

• [1788] Account of the slave trade on the coast of Africa, An by Falconbridge, Alexander, d. 1792. available in print

• [1788] Objections to the abolition of the slave trade, with answers : to which are prefixed strictures on a late publication, intitled, "Considerations on the emancipation of Negroes, and the abolition of the slave trade, by a West India planter" by Ramsay, James, 1733-1789. available in print

• [1788] Some historical account of Guinea : its situation, produce, and the general disposition of its inhabitants : with an inquiry into the rise and progress of the slave trade, its nature, and lamentable effects by Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. available in print

• [1788] Essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade : in two parts, An by Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846. available in print

• [1788] Slavery inconsistent with the spirit of Christianity : a sermon preached at Cambridge, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 1788 by Robinson, Robert, 1735-1790. available in print

• [1788] Letter to Granville Sharp, Esq. on the proposed abolition of the slave trade, A by Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. available in print

• [1788] Scriptural refutation of a pamphlet, lately published by the Rev. Raymund Harris : intitled, "Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave trade" : in four letters from the author to a friend, A by Roscoe, William, 1753-1831. available in print

• [1788] Answer to the Rev. Mr. Harris's "Scriptural researches on the licitness of the slave-trade", An by Hughes, William, d. 1798. available in print

• [1788] Justice and mercy recommended, particularly with reference to the slave trade : a sermon preached before the University of Cambridge by Peckard, Peter, 1718?-1797. available in print

• [1789] Considerations on the abolition of slavery and the slave trade, upon grounds of natural, religious, and political duty. by Burgess, Thomas, 1756-1837.

• [1789] Observations on the slave trade, and a description of some part of the coast of Guinea : during a voyage, made in 1787, and 1788, in company with Doctor A. Sparrman and Captain Arrehenius [i.e. Arrhenius] by Wadstrom, Carl Bernhard, 1746-1799. available in print

• [1789] Reflections on the present state of the slaves in the British plantations, and the slave trade from Africa. by Peacock, George. available in print

• [1789] Extrait du proces-verbal de l'Assemblee des citoyens, libres et proprietaires de couleur des isles et colonies francoises, constituee sous le titre de Colons americains. by Colons americains. available in print

• [1789] Cahier, contenant les plaintes, doleances and reclamations des citoyens-libres and proprietaires de couleur, des isles and colonies francoises. by Colons americains. available in print

• [1790] Refutation du projet des amis des noirs, sur la suppression de la traite des negres and sur l'abolition de l'esclavage dans nos colonies, by Saint-Cyran, M. de (Paul-Edme Crublier) available in print

• [1791] Oration on domestic slavery : delivered at the North Meeting-House in Hartford, on the 12th day of May, A.D. 1791 : at the meeting of the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and the Relief of Person Unlawfully Holden in Bondage, An by Swift, Zephaniah, 1759-1823. available in print

• [1791] Nouveaux evenemens et cruautes horribles commises par les negres de St. Pierre de la Martinique, avec le detail circonstancie des differens malheurs. by Favet, P. A.

• [1791] Combats affreux, arrives a l'isle St. Domingue, et dont l'aristocrate Damas est l'auteur : 500 Portugaises promises a celui qui apportera la tete de Oge, jeune carteron, chef d'une armee de seditieux, and celle de J.B. Chavane, mulatre, and de tous les chefs contre-revolutionnaires ... : au Port de Paix, le 18 novembre 1790. by Garnier, Blaise.

• [1791] Discours de J. P. Brissot, depute, sur les causes des troubles de St. Domingue, : prononce a la seance du premier decembre 1791. by Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793. available in print

• [1791] Injustice and impolicy of the slave trade, and of the slavery of the Africans : illustrated in a sermon preached before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and for the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage, at their annual meeting in New-Haven, September 15, 1791, The by Edwards, Jonathan, 1745-1801. available in print

• [1792] Arguments from Scripture, for and against the African slave trade by No author available in print

• [1792] Summary of the evidence produced before a committee of the House of Commons, relating to the slave trade, A by Fox, William, fl. 1791-1813.

• [1792] Commerce in the human species, and the enslaving of innocent persons, inimical to the laws of Moses and the gospel of Christ : a sermon, preached in Little Prescot Street, Goodman's Fields, January 29, 1792 by Booth, Abraham, 1734-1806. available in print

• [1792] 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, The by Pitt, William, 1759-1806. available in print

• [1792] Substance of a speech intended to have been made on Mr. Wilberforce's motion for the abolition of the slave trade, on Tuesday, April 3, 1792 : but the unwillingness of the committee to hear any thing farther on the subject, after Mr. Pitt had spoken, prevented the member from being heard. by Francklyn, Gilbert. available in print

• [1792] Short address to the people of Scotland, on the subject of the slave trade : with a summary view of the evidence delivered before a committee of the House of Commons, on the part of the petitioners, for its abolition, A by Houldbrooke. available in print

• [1792] Duty of individuals, as it respects the slave trade : exhibited in a sermon, preached March 25, 1792, in the Black Friars, Canterbury by Kingsford, Sampson, 1750-1821. available in print

• [1792] Appeal to the candour and justice of the people of England in behalf of the West India merchants and planters, founded on plain facts and incontrovertible arguments, An by Macarty, Captain. available in print

• [1792] Courtes observations sur la demande des colons de Saint-Domingue, relative au renouvellement du sursis a toutes pour-suites judiciaires pour raison des dettes par eux contractees avant le fin de l'annee 1792. by Pillet, aine.

• [1793] Effects of slavery, on morals and industry by Webster, Noah, 1758-1843. available in print

• [1793] Slavery inconsistent with justice and good policy; proved by a speech delivered in the convention, held at Danville, Kentucky. by Rice, David, 1733-1816. available in print

• [1793] Bulletin des lois. by France. available in print

• [1793] Bulletin des lois. by France.

• [1794] Minutes of the proceedings of a convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States. by American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and Improving the Condition of the African Race.

• [1794] Minutes of the proceedings of a convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States. by American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and Improving the Condition of the African Race.

• [1794] Minutes of the proceedings of a convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States. by American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and Improving the Condition of the African Race. available in print

• [1796] Account of the London Missionary Society,, An by Rippon, John, 1751-1836. available in print

• [1797] Discourse, delivered April 12, 1797 : at the request of and before the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been or May Be Liberated, A by Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850. available in print

• [1799] Charge delivered at the ordination of the Revd. James Adams : in the Independent or Congregational Church, at Dorchester, May 8th, 1799, A by Keith, Isaac Stockton, 1755-1813. available in print

• [1799] Mystery of the Gospel to be published with boldness : a sermon, preached to the United Independent or, Congregational Church of Dorchester and Beach-Hill, May 8th, 1799, at the ordination of the Revd. James Adams, to the pastoral charge of said church, The by McCalla, Daniel, 1748-1809.