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  • Substance of the proceedings in the House of Commons : on Thursday, July 25, 1822, on the occasion of two addresses to His Majesty / one moved by Mr. Wilberforce, and the other by Mr. Wilmot.

    • Text
    • London : Printed for J. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly, 1822.
    • 1822
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Rare F 89-40Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • The liturgy, or form of common prayer : for the use of the Royal college and national schools of Hayti.

    • Text
    • Sans-Souci : At the King's Print. Office, [between 1803 and 1818?]
    • 1803-1818
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Rare 264.03-C (Church of England. Book of common prayer. Liturgy of Haiti)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • A country gentleman's reasons for voting against Mr. Wilberforce's motion for a bill to prohibit the importation of African Negroes into the colonies.

    • Text
    • London, J. Debrett, 1791.
    • 1791
    • 1 item

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    Text Sc Rare 326.1-K (Knox, W. Country gentleman's reasons for voting)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

  • Speeches in Parliament, respecting the abolition of the African slave trade.

    • Text
    • Edinburgh, Printed by Ds. Willison for the Society Instituted at Edinburgh for the Purpose of Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1789.
    • 1789
    • 1 item

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    Text Sc Rare 326.1-G (Great Britain. Parliament. Speeches in Parliament)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

  • A letter from W. K. esq. to W. Wilberforce, esq.

    • Text
    • London, J. Debrett, 1790.
    • 1790
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Rare 326.1-K (Knox, W. Letter from W. K. esq. to W. Wilberforce, esq.)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • The enormity of the slave-trade : and the duty of seeking the moral and spiritual elevation of the colored race / Speeches of Wilberforce, and other documents and records.

    • Text
    • [New York] : Published by the American Tract Society, 150 Nassau-Street, New York., [1846?]
    • 1846
    • 2 items
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    Text Sc Rare 326.1-E (The Enormity of the slave-trade) Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • Remarks on the American Colonization Society.

    • Text
    • Providence, [R.I.] : M. Robinson, 1833.
    • 1833-1832
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Rare 326.8C (Amer. Col. Soc.) R (Remarks...)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • A letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the proposed abolition of the slave trade, at present under the consideration of Parliament. By William Smith, Esq. late representative for the city of Norwich ...

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    • London, Printed by Richard Taylor and Co. and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.
    • 1807
    • 1 item

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    Text Sc Rare 326.1-S (Smith, W. Letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P.)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

  • A letter to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. M.P., on the subject of impressment; calling on him and the philanthropists of this country to prove those feelings of sensibility they expressed in the cause of humanity on Negro slavery, by acting with the same ardour and zeal in the cause of British seamen. Published for the benefit of the Maritime Society.

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    • London, R. S. Kirby, 1816.
    • 1816
    • 2 items
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    Text Sc Rare 359.22-U (Urquhart, T. Letter to Wm. Wilberforce)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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    Text *C p.v. 27 9 titlesSchwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
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  • An official letter from the Commissioners of correspondence of the Bahama Islands, to George Chalmers, esq., colonial agent, concerning the proposed abolition of slavery in the West Indies.

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    • Nassau, New-Providence, Printed at the Royal Gazette Office; London, Re-printed by J.S. Brickwood, 1823.
    • 1823
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Rare 326.972-B (Bahamas. Commissioners of Correspondence. Official letter)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • A letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P., vice president of the African Institution, &c, &c, &c., containing remarks on the reports of the Sierra Leone Company and African Institution, with hints respecting the means by which an universal abolition of the slave trade might be carried into effect.

    • Text
    • London, Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington [by Law and Gilbert] 1815.
    • 1815
    • 2 items

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    Text Sc Rare 966.4-T (Thorpe, R. Letter to William Wilberforce)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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    Text *C p.v. 456 11 titlesSchwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315
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  • Slavery and the abolition of the slave trade collection, 1700-1925.

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    • 1700-1890
    • 1 item

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    Moving image Sc Micro R-1520Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
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  • Recueil de diverses pièces et des discussions qui eurent lieu aux Cortès Générales et Extraordinaires d'Espagne, en l'année 1811 [microform] : sur la traite et l'esclavage des Nègres / traduit de l'espagnol.

    • Text
    • Paris : [s.n.], 1814.
    • 1814
    • 4 items

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    Text Sc Rare 326.1-S (Spain. Cortes. Recueil de diverses pièces)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • Slavery in the West Indies.

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    • New York, Negro Universities Press [1969]
    • 1969-1823
    • 1 item
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    Text D-20 3591Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
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  • Anti-negro emancipation [microform] : an appeal to Mr. Wilberforce / James Rondeau.

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    • London : Printed for J.M. Richardson, 1824.
    • 1824
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Micro F-13771Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk

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  • Treatises on justification and regeneration / J. Witherspoon; with an introductory essay by William Wilberforce.

    • Text
    • Amherst, [Mass.] : J. S. & C. Adams, 1830.
    • 1830

  • Treatises on justification and regeneration / by J. Witherspoon; with an introductory essay by William Wilberforce.

    • Text
    • Glasgow : Printed for William Collins, 1830.
    • 1830
    • 2 items

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    Text ZFL (Witherspoon, J. Treatises on justification. Glasgow, 1830)Offsite
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    Text ZFL (Witherspoon, J. Treatises on justification. Glasgow, 1830)Offsite

  • A history of the York Lunatic Asylum; with an appendix containing minutes of the evidence on the cases of abuse lately inquired into by a committee, &c. Addressed to William Wilberforce.

    • Text
    • York [Eng.] Wolstenholme, 1815.
    • 1815

  • An appeal to the candour of both houses of Parliament, with a recapitulation of facts respecting the abolition of the slave trade. In a letter to William Wilberforce ... By a member of the House of Commons.

    • Text
    • London, Printed for John Stockdale, 1793.
    • 1793
    • 1 item
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    Text *KF 1793 (Appeal to the candour of both houses of Parliament)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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  • 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.

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    • London, Printed for J. Owen, 1792.
    • 1792
    • 1 item
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    Text *KF 1792 (Substance of a speech intended to have been made on Mr. Wilberforce's motion)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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  • The whole of the proceedings and trial of Captain John Kimber for the wilful murder of a Negro girl / held at the Old Bailey on the 7th and 8th of June 1792 by virtue of his Majesty's commission ; to which is added, an extarct [sic] from Mr. Wilberforce's speech, which gave rise to the trial ; also the charges to the juries ; being the most complete edition published.

    • Text
    • Edinburgh : Printed for John Elder : and J. Watson and Co., 1792.
    • 1792

  • A letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P., vice president of the African Institution [microform] : containing remarks on the reports of the Sierra Leone Company, and African Institution, with hints respecting the means by which an universal abolition of the slave trade might be carried into effect / by Robert Thorpe.

    • Text
    • London : F.C. and J. Rivington, 1815
    • 1815
    • 3 items
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    Text *ZT SEKK p.v. 36, SEKM p.v. 1-2 r. 23Offsite
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    Text *ZT SEKD p.v. 1-2, SEKH p.v. 1-2 r. 11Offsite
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    Text *ZT SEKB p.v. 11-15 r. 7Offsite

  • A defence of the bill for the registration of slaves [microform] : in letters to William Wilberforce, Esq., M.P. Letter the first / by James Stephen.

    • Text
    • London : Printed for J. Butterworth and Son, and J. Hatchard, 1816.
    • 1816
    • 5 items
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    Text *ZT SEKM p.v. 6-13 r. 25Offsite
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  • Farther reasons of a country gentleman for opposing Mr. Wilberforce's motion on the 15th day of May last, for prohibiting British subjects trading to Africa to procure Negroes for the British colonies [microform]

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    • London : Printed for J. Debrett, 1792.
    • 1792
    • 1 item
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    Text *ZT SEKH p.v. 6-8 r. 13Offsite
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  • A defence of the bill for the registration of slaves in letters to William Wilberforce Esq. M. P.. Letter the second [microform] / by James Stephen.

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    • London : Printed for J. Butterworth and Son, and J. Hatchard, 1816.
    • 1816

  • Letters addressed to William Wilberforce, M.P. : recommending the encouragement of the cultivation of sugar in our dominions in the East Indies, as the natural and certain means of effecting the general and total abolition of the slave-trade / by James Cropper.

    • Text
    • [London] : Published by Longman, Hurst, and Co. London, 1822.
    • 1822
    • 3 items
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    Text Sc Rare D 17-10 (Lapidus Collection)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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    Text SEKM p.v. 3Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • A defence of the bill for the registration of slaves : in letters to William Wilberforce, Esq., M.P. : letter the first / by James Stephen Esq.

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    • London : J. Butterworth, 1816.
    • 1816
    • 2 items
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    Text Sc Rare+ F 01-7, no. 39Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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    Text Sc Rare D 16-39 (Lapidus Collection)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

  • A defence of the bill for the registration of slaves : in letters to William Wilberforce Esq. M.P. : letter the second / by James Stephen Esq.

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    • London : Printed for J. Butterworth and Son, Fleet-Street; and J. Hatchard, Piccadilly, 1816.
    • 1816
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Rare D 01-18Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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  • Frances Burney d'Arblay collection of papers, 1653-1894 bulk (1775-1839)

    • Mixed material
    • 1653-1894
    • 2 items

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    Mixed material Berg Coll MSS ArblaySchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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  • The spirit of the age, or, Contemporary portraits [extra-illustrated copy]

    • Mixed material
    • London : Henry Colburn ..., 1825.
    • 1787-1844
    • 1 item
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    Mixed material Pforz BND-MSS (Hazlitt, W.)Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
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  • Treatises on justification and regeneration [electronic resource] / by J. Witherspoon; with an introductory essay by William Wilberforce.

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    • Glasgow : Printed for William Collins, 1830.
    • 1830

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  • Anti-Negro emancipation [microform] : an appeal to Mr. Wilberforce / James Rondeau.

    • Text
    • London : Printed for J.M. Richardson, 1824.
    • 1980-1986
    • 1 item
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    Text Sc Micro F-16126Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk

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  • The debate on a motion for the abolition of the slave-trade [electronic resource] : in the House of Commons on Monday the second of April, 1792, reported in detail.

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    • [London : s.n., 1792]
    • 1792
    • 1 resource

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  • The life of William Wilberforce [electronic resource] / by his sons, Robert Isaac Wilberforce and Samuel Wilberforce.

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    • London : J. Murray, 1839
    • 1839
    • 1 resource

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  • The Slave trade [electronic resource].

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    • [Salisbury : s.n., 1792?]
    • 1792
    • 1 resource

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  • Remarks on the report of M. Chaptal (late minister of the interiour) to the consuls or former government of France : with an examination of the claim of M. Guiton de Morveau to the discovery of the power of the mineral acid gazes, on contagion. In a letter addressed to William Wilberforce ...

    • Text
    • London : J. Callow, 1805.
    • 1805

  • Remarks on the American Colonization Society [electronic resource] : from the Christian examiner and general review.

    • Text
    • Providence [R.I.] : M. Robinson, 1833
    • 1833

  • Speeches delivered at the Anti-Colonization Meeting, in Exeter Hall, London, July 13, 1833 [electronic resource] / by James Cropper ... [et al.]

    • Text
    • Boston : Garrison & Knapp, 1833.
    • 1833
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  • The life of William Wilberforce [electronic resource] / by his sons, Robert Isaac Wilberforce and Samuel Wilberforce.

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    • London : J. Murray, 1839
    • 1839
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  • Letters addressed to William Wilberforce, M.P. [electronic resource] : recommending the encouragement of the cultivation of sugar in our dominions in the East Indies as the natural and certain means of effecting the total and general abolition of the slave-trade / by James Cropper.

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    • London : Longman, Hurst, and Co., 1822
    • 1822
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  • 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 [electronic resource] : 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.

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    • London : Printed for J. Owen, 1792.
    • 1792
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  • A letter to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. [electronic resource] / by Philo-Africanus.

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    • London : Printed for J. Debrett, 1790.
    • 1790
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  • A letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P., vice president of the African Institution &c. &c. &c. [electronic resource] : containing remarks on the reports of the Sierra Leone Company, and African Institution, with hints respecting the means by which an universal abolition of the slave trade might be carried into effect / by Robert Thorpe.

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    • London : Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, by Law and Gilbert, 1815.
    • 1815
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  • Anti-negro emancipation [electronic resource] : an appeal to Mr. Wilberforce.

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    • London : Printed for J.M. Richardson, 1824.
    • 1824
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  • The debate on a motion for the abolition of the slave-trade, in the House of Commons, on Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19, 1791 [electronic resource] : reported in detail.

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    • London : Printed by and for W. Woodfall ..., 1791.
    • 1791
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  • The debate on a motion for the abolition of the slave-trade, in the House of Commons, on Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19, 1791 [electronic resource] : reported in detail.

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    • London : Printed by and for W. Woodfall, 1791.
    • 1791
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  • A letter to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the subject of impressment [electronic resource] : calling him and the philanthropists of this country to prove those feelings of sensibility they expressed in the cause of humanity on negro slavery, by acting with the same ardor and zeal in the cause of British seamen.

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    • London : R.S. Kirby, 1816
    • 1816
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  • An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the Housse of Commons, in the years 1790 and 1791 [electronic resource] : on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade.

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    • Bury : Printed by R. Haworth, [1791?]
    • 1791
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  • Farther reasons of a country gentleman for opposing Mr. Wilberforce's motion on the 15th day of May last, for prohibiting British subjects trading to Africa to procure Negroes for the British colonies [electronic resource].

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    • London : Printed for J. Debrett, 1792.
    • 1792
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  • A country gentleman's reasons for voting against Mr. Wilberforce's motion for a bill to prohibit the importation of African negroes into the colonies [electronic resource].

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    • London : Printed for J. Debrett, 1791.
    • 1791
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