This is an invaluable archive of source material concerning slavery. The sugar trade of the West Indies and its dependence on slave labor was a highly controversial subject in 19th-century England, giving rise to an extensive pamphlet literature. There are some 350 in all, including pamphlets by Wilberforce, Macaulay, etc. Vaughan was the British minister to the United States. This collection, the largest collection of his papers in the U.K., contains official government correspondence relating to the suppression of the slave trade, as well as numerous materials relating to relations between England and America.
Additional letters relate to boundaries within the U.S. and the southern states.
In preparation for late 2000. West Coast of Africa, Report of the Select Committee. Parliamentary Papers Vols. This report arose out of the activities of a Spanish slaver. This important collection of anti-slavery and emancipation material contains many unique and rare manuscripts and printed items.