African Slave Trade and Its Suppression

A Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Articles

Peter C. Hogg

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136602467
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic History
• Index: Economics

First Published in 2005. The task of compiling a bibliography of the African slave trade is a difficult one as the literature comprises books, pamphlets and periodical articles in a variety of languages from the sixteenth century to the present day. This title aspires to present a representative selection of the material available and serve as a guide to the main categories of printed material on the subject in western languages. Due to their pre-existing availability and overwhelming quantity, government publications have been kept to a minimum.

PART 1:
SLAVE TRADE

A. COLLECTIONS OF EVIDENCE

1 CLARKSON, Thomas

The substance of the evidence of sundry persons on the slave-trade, collected in the course of a tour made in the autumn of the year 1788. James Phillips, London, 1789. vi, 136 pp.

Eyewitness accounts of British participants in the African slave trade collected by Clarkson in preparation for the parliamentary campaign for its abolition.

2 JAMAICA: House of Assembly

Two reports (one presented the 16th of October, the other on the 12th of November, 1788) from the committee of the honourable House of Assembly of Jamaica, appointed to examine into, and report to the House, the allegations and charges contained in the several petitions which have been presented to the British House of Commons, on the subject of the slave-trade, and the treatment of the negroes, &c. &c. &c. Published, by order of the House of Assembly, by Stephen Fuller, Esq; agent for Jamaica. B. White & Son (etc.), London, 1789. 35 pp.

Refutes aspersions against Jamaica slave-holders; with statistics of the slave trade 1764–88.

3 GREAT BRITAIN: House of Commons

Minutes of the evidence taken (in the last session of Parliament) before the Committee of the whole House, to whom the bill for providing certain temporary regulations respecting the transportation of the natives of Africa, in British ships, to the West Indies, and and elsewhere, was committed ... [London], 1789. 58 pp. (P.P. 1789, XXIV.)

Evidence taken from witnesses in June 1789.

4a GREAT BRITAIN: House of Commons

Minutes of the evidence taken before a committee of the House of Commons, being a committee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to consider of the circumstances of the slave trade, complained of in several petitions which were presented to the House in the last session of Parliament, relative to the state of the African slave trade. [London,] 1789. 286 pp. (P.P. 1789, XXV.)

Evidence taken in May and June 1789.

4b Minutes of the evidence taken before a committee of the House of Commons, being a select committee, appointed on the 29th day of January 1790, for the purpose of taking the examination of such witnesses as shall be produced on the part of the several petitioners who have petitioned the House of Commons against the abolition of the slave trade. [London,] 1790. 640 pp. (P.P. 1790, XXIX.)

Evidence taken February–April 1790.

4c Minutes of the evidence taken before a committee of the House of Commons, being a select committee, appointed on the 23d day of April 1790, to take the examination of the several witnesses ordered by the House to attend the committee of the whole House, to whom it is referred to consider further of the circumstances of the slave trade. [London,] 1790. 389 pp. (P.P. 1790, XXX.)

Evidence taken in May and June 1790.

4d Minutes of the evidence taken before a committee of the House of Commons, being a select committee, appointed to take the examination of witnesses respecting the African slave trade. [London,] 1791. 281 pp. (P.P. 1790–91, XXXIV.)

Evidence taken in March and April 1791.

5 GREAT BRITAIN: Committee for Trade and Plantations

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. [London,] 1789. 6 pt. map. (P.P. 1789, XXVI.)

Dated 28 March 1789.

6 GREAT BRITAIN: House of Commons

Papers received since the date of the report of the Committee for Trade, on the subject of the trade to Africa, and particularly the trade in slaves ... [London,] 1789. 51 pp. (P.P. 1789, XXVI.)

Includes reports from the British consuls at Tunis and Tangiers.

7 GREAT BRITAIN: House of Commons

Abridgment of the minutes of the evidence taken before a committee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to consider of the slave-trade, 1789(–1791). [London, 1789–91.] 4 vol. (82; 246; 157; 163 pp.)

See (4).

8 *ABSTRACT of the evidence contained in the report of the Lords of the Committee of Council, relative to the slave trade, and the treatment of the slaves in the sugar islands: also an abridgment of such of the colonial laws as relate to the treatment of the slaves. [London,] 1790. 83 pp.

See (5).

9 JAMAICA: House of Assembly

Report, resolutions, and remonstrance, of the honourable the Council and Assembly of Jamaica, at a joint committee, on the subject of the slave-trade, in a session which began the 20th of October 1789. Published, and presented to the members of both houses of parliament ... by Stephen Fuller, Esq. agent for Jamaica. B. White & Son (etc.), London, 1790. 23 pp.

Resolutions against abolition of the slave trade, with examinations of some slave traders.

10 BARBADOS: General Assembly

Report of a committee of the General Assembly, upon the several heads of enquiry, &c. relative to the slave trade ... [London,] 1790. 8 pp. (P.P. 1790, XXIX.)

Report submitted to Parliament on the slave trade 1764–88.

11 An ABSTRACT of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790, and 1791; on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave-trade. James Phillips, London, 1791. xxvi, 155 pp. map.

Abolitionist evidence on the slave trade and colonial slavery; with a plan of a slave ship.

12 An ABSTRACT of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons, in the years 1790 and 1791; on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Glasgow and Edinburgh Societies, instituted for the Abolition of the Slave trade, Edinburgh, 1791. 128 pp. map.

With a plan of a slave ship.

13 *EXTRACTS from the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons, in the years 1790 and 1791, on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave-trade ... L. Wayland, London, 1791. 32 pp.

14 A SUMMARY of the evidence produced before the committee of the Privy Council, and before a committee of the House of Commons, relating to the slave trade. J. Bell, London, 1792. 16 pp.

Edited by Benjamin Vaughan? Evidence favourable to the slave trade and slavery circulated by the West Indian group in answer to the abolitionist ‘Summary’ (2107).

15 *GREAT BRITAIN: House of Lords

Minutes of the evidence taken at the bar of the House of Lords, upon the order for taking into consideration the ... trade to Africa, and particularly the trade in slaves ... [London,] 1792.

16 JAMAICA: House of Assembly

Report from the committee of the honourable House of Assembly, appointed to inquire into the state of the colony, as to trade, navigation, and culture, &c. &c. &c. since the report made to the House, on the 23rd of November, 1792. St. Jago de la Vega, 1800. 48 pp.

Report dated 20 Dec. 1799 on the effects on Jamaica of British proposals 1793–99 to abolish or limit the slave trade; with an appendix of economic information.

17 *JAMAICA: House of Assembly

The report from a committee of the House of Assembly of Jamaica, appointed in a session, which began on the 23rd of October, 1804, to inquire into the proceedings of the imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, relative to the slave trade, &c., &c. London, 1805.

18 GREAT BRITAIN: House of Commons

Extracts from the report of the commissioners appointed for investigating the state of the settlements and governments on the coast of A...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Frontmatter
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Abbreviations of Periodical Titles
• Part 1 Slave Trade
• A. Collections Of Evidence
• B. General Accounts
• C. West Africa
• D. Sudan
• E. East Africa
• F. Slaving Voyages
• G. Medical Conditions
• H. Laws And Official Documents
• I. Economic Controversy
• J. Economic History
• K. Biographies Of Slaves
• L. Ethnic Origins Of Slaves
• Part 2 Abolition And Suppression
• M. Abolition Controversy
• N. Sermons
• O. Legislative Debates And Speeches
• P. Suppression Controversy
• Q. Abolition Societies And Conferences
• R. Laws And Official Documents
• S. Naval Blockade
• T. Trials For Illegal Slave Trading
• U. Military Action
• V. History Of The Abolition Movement
• W. History Of Abolition Literature
• X. Legal History
• Y. Biographies Of Abolitionists
• Z. Imaginative Literature
• Appendix i: Unpublished Theses
• Appendix ii: Addenda
• Author Index
• Personal Name Index
• Geographical Name Index
• Anonymous Title Index