Primary Sources

The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act . Pub. L. Chapter XXXVI. Stat. 25 Mar. 1807.

National Archives of Great Britain. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. This was an image of the

actual act that abolished the slave trade in 1807. We used this image on our

website as it was an interesting document.

Benezet, Anthony. “The Case of Our Fellow Creatures .” The Abolition of the Slave

Trade. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1783. Web. 21 Feb.

2011. Made by a French abolitionist, this pamphlet was part of the campaign by

the Quakers directed at the British legislature to stop the slave trade. This gave a

view into what the propaganda against the slave trade was at the time.

Clarkson, Thomas. The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the

Abolition of the African Slave-trade, by the British Parliament . London:

Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Print. This is a very comprehensive

primary source containing first hand accounts of Parliament meetings, and

Clarkson attended these. It also contains much of the anti-slave trade evidence that

was used in the meetings.

- - -.“Minutes.” The Slave Trade Abolition Committee, May 22, 1787. The British

Library/ Heritage Foundation. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. This was an image of the

minutes from an early meeting of the Slave Trade Abolition Committee. These

minutes are an interesting visual.

- - -. Stowage of the British Slave Ship ‘Brookes’ under the Regulated Slave Trade. 1790.

Library of Congress. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. This is the famous diagram that Thomas
 Clarkson used as evidence for the inhumanity of the slave trade aboard the ship

“Brookes”. Though it is a familiar image, it provides a good example of the type

of evidence used in this debate.

- - -. Tours Around the Slave Ports of Britain. 1789. National Archive UK. Web. 12 Mar.

2011. An image of Thomas’s Clarkson’s account of his tours around slave ports of

Britain. In it, he argues that British lose their lives on the slave ships as well. This

image was helpful for the “Moral Propaganda” section of the website.

Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Section of a Petition . 1787. BBC

History. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. This image displayed a section of the petition signed

at the first meeting of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The

petition helps to inform how the abolitionist organized themselves.

Equiano, Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or

Gustavus Vassa, the African . London: Printed and Sold by the Author, 1794.

Google Books. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. This is the influential biography of a former

slave, and was a large primary tool of the evidence presented in support of

abolition. It provides an extensive firsthand account of the slave trade.

Gainborough, Thomas. “Portrait of William Pitt the Younger.” 1784. BBC History. Web.

12 Mar. 2011. A portrait of William Pitt the Younger, used on our website on the

“Background” page.

Kenrick, John. Horrors of Slavery: In Two Parts . Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1817.

Print. Vol. 1 of Containing Observations, Facts, and Arguments from the Speeches

of Wilberforce, Grenville, Pitt, Burke, Fox, Martin, Whitbread, and other

 Distinguished Members of the British Parliament. This source provides extensive

primary excerpts from the speeches of the main abolitions in Britain. I was able to

use many of these quotes.

Pitt, William, The Younger. “William Pitt the Younger Indicts the Slave Trade and

Foresees a Liberated Africa.” Treasury of the World’s Great Speeches. Ed. Houston

Peterson. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. 220-229. Print. Rpt. of “A

Liberated Africa.” British House of Commons. London. 2 Apr. 1792. This was one

of the most inspirational House of Commons speeches, given by the great orator

William Pitt. It condemned Britain for never rising to civilization as long as it had

a slave trade. This was more moral fire used against the slave trade.

Wedgewood, Josiah. “Am I Not a Man and a Brother.” Some Historical Account of

Guinea. By Anthony Benezet. London, 1788. Title Page. Gilder Lehrman Institute

of History. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. This was one of the drawings used as

propoganda for the abolitionists, featuring a slave in chains saying “Am I Not a

Man and a Brother?” This helped to give an idea of what was influential at the

time.

Wilberforce, William. Letter to John Young. 20 Nov. 1805. Gilder Lerhman Institute of

History. 2006. Gilder Lehrman Institute. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. A letter from

Wilberforce in which he advises a fellow abolitionist on how to emancipate an

elderly slave. This provided an insight into the arguments of Wilberforce.

- - -. “William Wilberforce, In the House of Commons, Pictures the Slave Trade in all its

Horror.” A Treasury of the World’s Great Speeches. Ed. Houston Peterson. New
 York: Simon and Schuster, 1954. 212-219. Print. Rpt. of “The number of deaths

speaks for itself.” British House of Commons. London. 12 May 1789. This was the

speech that persuaded the House of Commons to address the slave trade question

and draw up a bill concerning it. This demonstrated many of the moral arguments

used against the slave trade.

Secondary Sources

The Air Force Bands Program. “Amazing Grace.” Air Force Band. N.p., n.d. Web. 12

Mar. 2011. This hymn was written by John Newton, a slave ship captain, after an

epiphany in his life. This song was appropriate to play during the “Moral

Propaganda” slideshow.

Bloy, Marjie, Ph.D. “The Anti-Slavery Campaign in Britain.” Victorian Web. N.p., 13

Dec. 2010. Web. 30 Jan. 2011. This website provided a timeline and well as

analysis of the social atmosphere at the time.

Carretta, Vincent. Equiano, the African. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press,

2005. Print. This was an acclaimed biography of Equiano, who was an

instrumental part of the abolition. It also contains historical context of the time

period.

Cowrie, Henry. The Middle Passage . 2006. YouTube. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. A short

slideshow of rare slave ship images while an excerpt of Equiano’s autobiography

is read. This video appears on the website to show the personal testimony of
 Equiano.

Craton, Michael. Sinews of Empire: A short history of British slavery. Garden City, New

York: Anchor Press, 1974. Print. A full history of British slavery, this book also

provided economic as well as social information. It helped with historical context

as well.

Delacroix, Eugene. Liberty Leading the People . 1830. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris. This

famous painting which depicts the French Revolution was used on our

“Background” page, when referring to how the revolutions in France and United

States spread new schools of thought throughout Europe.

Drescher, Seymour. From Slavery to Freedom. New York, N.Y.: New York University

Press, 1999. Print. This source provided many dates and statistics, as well as the

overall story of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.

Etlis, David, and James Walvin. The Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Madison,

Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1981. Print. Provides the full story

of the abolition of the slave trade. It has multiple references to the major

abolitionists in Britain.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Anubis Media. YouTube. Web.

12 Mar. 2011. This is an intro to a music video about Equiano. The images and

narration gave a good example of Equiano’s personal testimony.

Kaye, Mike. “Abolition.” British History. BBC, June 2010. Web. 21 Feb. 2011.

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/>. The BBC website had profiles

of the major abolitionists, as well as a helpful interactive map. This was all very
 helpful with details as well as putting the issue in the big picture.

Robson, Jon. William Wilberforce: The Great Debate. YouTube. Web. 12 Mar. 2011. This

short clip is a re-enactment of William Wilberforce presenting his bill to

Parliament. It provides an interesting visual for the website.

Royal Mail. Abolition of the Slave Trade Commemorative Stamps. 2007. These

commemorative stamps celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the

Slave Trade Act in 1807. They provide a nice example of how Britain still honors

these heroic debaters.

Seeger, Pete. “We Shall Overcome .” We Shall Overcome. Columbia, 1950. BeeMP3.

Web. 12 Mar. 2011. Though it was a Civil Right movement anthem, the song “We

Shall Overcome” still fit well with the debate over the abolition of the slave trade.

Simkin, John. “William Wilberforce: Biography.” Spartacus Educational. N.p., 2008.

Web. 30 Jan. 2011. This was a full sotry of the life of William Wilberforce, one of

the major faces of the abolition of the slave trade. It highlighted the achievements

of this great debater.

Walvin, James. “Abolishing the Slave Trade.” Issue 12: Slavery. History in Focus, Spring

2007. Web. 21 Feb. 2011.

<http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Slavery/articles/walvin.html>. This was an

overview of the economic causes and implications of the abolition. It provided a

view into the monetary side of the issue.

Williams, Eric. Capitalism and Slavery. N.p.: The University of North Carolina Press,

1944. Print. This book contends that instead of being a humanitarian effort, the
abolition of the Slave Trade was primarily an economic concern. He points out

that abolition occurred around industrialization, and was merely a shifting of the

economic landscape.