Title: Correspondence with British commissioners and with foreign powers relative to the slave trade [ class A and class B ].
Description: This volume is part of a long series of classified correspondence relating to the slave trade which was presented to Parliament. The material in this series provides the official administrative and informatory papers on the extent and conditions of slavery, the slave trade, the efforts to abolish it and the measure of success achieved. In particular the volume details Britain's efforts to curb slave trading in the Caribbean and South America.
Subjects: Sources, Slave trade, History
Places: Caribbean Area, Great Britain, Latin America
Time periods: 18th century