A Second Letter from Lord Denman to Lord Brougham, on the Final Extinction of the Slave Trade: With Remarks on a Late Narrative of the Niger Expedition in 1841 (Classic Reprint)
A Second Letter from Lord Denman to Lord Brougham, on the Final Extinction of the Slave Trade: With Remarks on a Late Narrative of the Niger Expedition in 1841 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from A Second Letter From Lord Denman to Lord Brougham, on the Final Extinction of the Slave Trade: With Remarks on a Late Narrative of the Niger Expedition in 1841 This is the first half of the panacea - treaties! As if England could make them for both parties - treaties 1 as if none had already been made and violated without redress z - treatiesi giving free license to slave-trading based on an act of the English parliament, which could only be enforced by penalties on Brazilian subjects; with a clause for the ...
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Excerpt from A Second Letter From Lord Denman to Lord Brougham, on the Final Extinction of the Slave Trade: With Remarks on a Late Narrative of the Niger Expedition in 1841 This is the first half of the panacea - treaties! As if England could make them for both parties - treaties 1 as if none had already been made and violated without redress z - treatiesi giving free license to slave-trading based on an act of the English parliament, which could only be enforced by penalties on Brazilian subjects; with a clause for the gradual extinction of the slave trade, which they still think essential to their pros parity, and which the same treaties are to per mit a clause for the introduction of free labour, which can only be carried into effect by the slave holders; a clause for the gradual emancipation of the negroes, whom they regard as goods and chat tels, subjects of barter, and of trade. Is there to be compensation? Who is to assess it? The high contracting parties Who to pay it? The over burthened people? Will they consent, and if not, by whom must they be coerced? Plainly by the more powerful party to the treaty, which must in such case assume the sovereignty of an empire proud and jealous of its independence, and can enforce none of the proposed stipulations by other means than war. It is proposed thus to escape the odium of the overbearing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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