Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council Appointed for the Consideration of all Matters Relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations Submitting to His Majesty's Consideration the Evidence And Information They Have Collected In Consequence of His Majesty's Order In Council, Dated the 11th of February 1788, Concerning the Present State of the Trade to Africa, And Particularly the Trade In Slaves; And Concerning the Effects And Consequences of This Trade, As Well In Africa And the West Indies, As to the General Commerce of This Kingdom: Part 3
Title
Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council Appointed for the Consideration of all Matters Relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations Submitting to His Majesty's Consideration the Evidence And Information They Have Collected In Consequence of His Majesty's Order In Council, Dated the 11th of February 1788, Concerning the Present State of the Trade to Africa, And Particularly the Trade In Slaves; And Concerning the Effects And Consequences of This Trade, As Well In Africa And the West Indies, As to the General Commerce of This Kingdom: Part 1
Creator
Great Britain (Board of Trade)
University of Michigan
HathiTrust
University of Michigan
HathiTrust
Title
Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council Appointed for the Consideration of all Matters Relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations Submitting to His Majesty's Consideration the Evidence And Information They Have Collected In Consequence of His Majesty's Order In Council, Dated the 11th of February 1788, Concerning the Present State of the Trade to Africa, And Particularly the Trade In Slaves; And Concerning the Effects And Consequences of This Trade, As Well In Africa And the West Indies, As to the General Commerce of This Kingdom: Part 3
Creator
Great Britain (Board of Trade) (Author)
Publisher
First Edition - London, England : Great Britain, Parliment, 1789
Language
English
Abstract/Description
The British Board of Trade, formerly the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, delivered this report to the British House of Commons as "the outcome of the first parliamentary enquiry into the slave trade" dated February 11, 1788. The 900-page parliamentary report is sourced from the testimonies of slave traders, planters, colonial agents and a few abolitionists, but no slaves or former slaves are included on record. This text has been split through our archive, this is part III of III.
Subjects and keywords
Reports
Testimonials
Obeah Narratives
Fuller, Stephen
Edwards, Bryan
Burdett, William
Earle, William Jr.
Jamaica
Barbados
Antiqua
Testimonials
Obeah Narratives
Fuller, Stephen
Edwards, Bryan
Burdett, William
Earle, William Jr.
Jamaica
Barbados
Antiqua
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Date created
February 11, 1788
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Citation
Great Britain. Board of Trade. Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations. London. February 11, 1788.