<I>Slavery in the West Indies</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1823; republished 1969
name: label: Written by
content: William Wilberforce, British, 1759 - 1833
label: Written by
content: Zachary Macaulay, British, 1768 - 1838
label: Published by
content: Greenwood Press, Inc., American, 1967 - 2008
notes: label: Description
content: A 148-page hardbound book entitled Slavery in the West Indies. The entire cover is made of a brown woven material. The front and back covers are blank. The spine reads [SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES] vertically and includes the Negro Universities Publishing logo at the bottom. All text on the spine is gold. The original publication of this volume was in 1823. This book was reprinted in 1969 by Negro Universities Press, a division of Greenwood Publishing Press.
label: Description
content: This book is composed of two separate essays compiled into one volume, as noted on the Contents page. The first essay is “An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies” written by William Wilberforce. The second essay is “Negro Slavery ; Or, a View of Some of the More Prominent Features of That State of Society, as It Exists in the United States of America and in the Colonies of the West Indies, especially Jamaica” by Zachary Macaulay.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions or signatures anywhere on the object.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: England, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: British colonialism
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.1.261
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product), cardboard, and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 5 11/16 × 5/8 in. (22.5 × 14.5 × 1.6 cm)