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| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Movements in England to Abolish the Slave Trade. | |
| Thomas Clarkson, the historian of the Abolition of the Slave-Trade. — Devotes his life to the cause, 1785. — Publishes his Essay on Slavery. — His coadjutors. — William Wilberforce, parliamentary leader in the cause. — Middleton, Dr. Porteus, Lord Scarsdale, Granville Sharp. — Clarkson's first visit to a slave-ship. — Association formed — Correspondence opened in Europe and America. — Petitions sent to Parliament. — Committee of Privy Council ordered by the King, 1788. — Great exertions of the friends of the cause. — Clarkson's interview with Pitt | 179 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Parliamentary History. — The Twenty Years' Struggle. | |
| Mr. Pitt introduces the subject of the Abolition of the Slave-Trade into the House of Commons, May 9, 1788. — Speech of Mr. Pitt on the occasion. — Parliamentary action in 1789. — Debate of 12th of May. — Speech of William Wilberforce. — Travels and exertions of Clarkson. — Sessions of 1791 and 1792. — Debates in the Commons. — Speeches of Wilberforce, Pitt, Fox, Bailie, Thornton, Whitbread, Dundas, and Jenkinson. — Gradual abolition agreed upon by House of Commons | 188 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Parliamentary History. — Slave Trade Rendered Illegal. | |
| Action of the House of Lords in 1792. — Clarkson retires from the field from ill health, in 1794. — Mr. Wilberforce's annual motion. — Session of 1799. — Speech of Canning. — Sessions of 1804 and 1805. — Clarkson resumes his labors. — Death of Mr. Pitt, January, 1806. — Administration of Granville and Fox. — Session of 1806. — Debate in the House of Lords. — Speeches of Lord Granville, Erskine, Dr. Porteus, Earls Stanhope and Spencer, Lords Holland and Ellenborough. — Death of Fox, October, 1806. — Contest and triumph in 1807. — Final passage of the Bill for the Abolition of the African Slavo-Trade. — Slave-trade declared felony in 1811, and declared piracy in 1824, by England. — England abolishes slavery in her colonies, 1833. — Prohibition of Slave-Trade by European governments. — Slavery abolished in Mexico, 1829 — In Guatemala and Colombia | 237 |
