Sir Walter Scott , Marmion Goethe , Faust pt. Sugar prices rise. Senegal, Marinique, and Cayenne captured by the British. The Portuguese agree, under British pressure, to abolish the slave trade gradually. The revolutionary government of Caracas proclaims abolition.
Mexican revolutionaries proclaim emancipation.
Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Bourbon, and the Ile de France captured by the British. Sugar prices rise. The slave trade shows signs of new vigor. Baldwin, Outlines of English Grammar W. Wordsworth , Guide to the Lakes Mme. Spain's revolutionary Cortes debates abolition and receives Cuban objections.