Title: The law and custom of slavery in British India, in a series of letters to Thomas Fowell Buxton, esq.
Authors: Adam, William; Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 1786-1845.; Weeks, Jordan & Company,
Publisher: Weeks, Jordan & company,
Year: 1840
Subjects: Slavery India.; Slave trade India.
Contents: Letter 1. Introduction; Hindu law of slavery; Muhammadan law of slavery; British law of slavery -- Letter 2. Examination of the legality of Hindu and Muhammadan slavery under the British government in India -- Letter 3. Administration of Hindu and Muhammadan slave-law under the British government in India -- Letter 4. Ameliorations of the law and practice of slavery under the British government in India -- Letter 5. Number of slaves in British India -- Letter 6. The origin and sources of slavery in British India -- Letter 7. Occupations and treatment of agrestic slaves, domestic slaves, in British India -- Letter 8. Unsuccessful attempts to ameliorate the law and practice of slavery in British India; Abolition of slavery -- Appendix. no. 1. Mr. H.T. Colebrooke's opinions on slavery in India; no. 2. Dr. Francis Buchanan on slavery in the south of India; no. 3. Mr. D. Liston on slavery in Gorakhpur; no. 4. Case of the ship Adramytte; no. 5. Abolition of slavery in Ceylon.