The Committee of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade think it necessary to acquaint their friends that although they cannot contemplate without feelings of the deepest regret the unexpected and accidental failure of the attempt recently made in Parliament to put a period to this horrid traffic, yet they are far from being discouraged by that circumstance from perservering in their efforts
Contributors: Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: Phillips & Fardon, printers
Published: 1805
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Slave trade; Antislavery movements
Description: A letter addressing the failure of a bill to prohibit the slave trade to pass in the Parliament, and asking for further funds to continue the "measures for effecting this object.".
Notes: Title from beginning of letter.

Letter dated: "London, June 3, 1805."

Signed (p. [1]): "By order of the Committee, G. Sharp, chairman."

Reproduction of the original from the Library of the Society of Friends. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.