Friends House
Subtitle: Thompson-Clarkson collection of mss., etc., in connection with Clarkson's History of the abolition of the slave trade.
Contributors: Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846.
Series: Anti-slavery collection, 18th-19th centuries ;; reels 23-24.
Published: 1777
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Slave-trade -- Early works to 1800.; Slave-trade -- History -- Sources.
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Sources.
Other titles: Thompson-Clarkson collection of mss.
Notes: Microfilm. London, England : World Microfilms, 1978. 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Anti-slavery collection, 18th-19th centuries ; reels 23-24).
A manuscript collection of newspaper articles, portraits, and letters relating to persons involved in the abolition of the slave trade in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, put together by Thomas Thompson, a life-long member of the Society of Friends. A 4th volume has not been found. It represents the complete source materials for Thomas Clarkson's "The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade" (2 vols., 1808).
Includes indexes.