Thoughts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and Civilization of Africa: With Remarks on the African Institution

Joseph Marryat

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511791987

Joseph Marryat (1757–1824) was an M.P., chairman of Lloyd's and colonial agent for Grenada. This volume contains three of his pamphlets - Thoughts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1816), More Thoughts (1816) and More Thoughts Still (1818) which replied to his critics. The first pamphlet was very controversial, running to four editions in the year of publication. It vigorously attacks the policies and influence of the African Institution, whose arguments regarding the operation of slavery since the Abolition Act of 1807 he proves, by using evidence from official British and colonial government reports, to contain many falsehoods. Marryat believed that, with regard to emancipation, lessons must be learned from the French Revolution: ideals, if taken too quickly to extremes, cause national and even international conflict. His critics accused him of equal economy with the truth by selective use of source material: his responses were also best-sellers.

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THOUGHTS ON THE Abolition of the Slane Trade, AND CIVILIZATION OF AFRICA; WITH REMARKS ON THE AFRICAN INSTITUTION, AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE REPORT OF THEIR COMMITTEE, RECOMMENDING A GENERAL REGISTRY OF SLAVES IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIA ISLANDS
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THOUGHTS,&c.&c
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MORE THOUGHTS, OCCASIONED BY TWO PUBLICATIONS WHICH THE AUTHORS CALL “An Exposure of some of the numerous Misstatements and Misrepresentations CONTAINED IN A PAMPHLET, COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE NAME OF MR. MARRYAT'S PAMPHLET, ENTITLED THEOUGHTS, &C”. AND “A DEFENCE OF THE BILL FOR THE Registration of Slanes”
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MORE THOUGHTS,&c. &c
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MORE THOUGHTS STILL ON THE STATE OF THE West India Colonies, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE AFRICAN INSTITUTION: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE SPEECH OF JAMES STEPHEN, ESQ
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MORE THOUGHTS STILL,&c.&c
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THOUGHTS ON THE Abolition of the Slane Trade, AND CIVILIZATION OF AFRICA; WITH REMARKS ON THE AFRICAN INSTITUTION, AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE REPORT OF THEIR COMMITTEE, RECOMMENDING A GENERAL REGISTRY OF SLAVES IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIA ISLANDS
pp v-viii

THOUGHTS,&c.&c
pp 1-236

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pp 239-242

MORE THOUGHTS,&c. &c
pp 243-386

MORE THOUGHTS STILL ON THE STATE OF THE West India Colonies, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE AFRICAN INSTITUTION: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE SPEECH OF JAMES STEPHEN, ESQ
pp 387-388

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pp 391-537

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