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The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) by Thomas Clarkson
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abolish the foreign Slave Trade; motion lost.--Proceeding of the
Lords


CHAPTER XXIX Continuation from July, 1793, to July,
1794.--Author travels again.--Motion to abolish the foreign
Slave Trade renewed, and carried; but lost in the Lords; further
proceedings there.--Author, on account of declining health,
obliged to retire from the cause


CHAPTER XXX Continuation from July, 1794, to July,
1799.--Various motions within this period


CHAPTER XXXI Continuation from July, 1799, to July,
1805.--Various motions within this period


CHAPTER XXXII Continuation from July, 1805, to July,
1806.--Author, restored, joins the Committee again.--Death of
Mr. Pitt.--Foreign Slave Trade abolished.--Resolution to take
measures for the total abolition of the trade.--Address to the
King to negotiate with foreign powers for their concurrence in
it.--Motion to prevent new vessels going into the trade.--All
these carried through both Houses of Parliament


CHAPTER XXXIII Continuation from July, 1806, to July,
1807.--Death of Mr. Fox.--Bill for the total abolition carried
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