A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade by William Wilberforce

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974.html.images 615 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974.epub3.images 357 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974.epub.images 366 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974.epub.noimages 293 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974.kf8.images 509 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974.kindle.images 483 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974.txt.utf-8 550 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/63974/pg63974-h.zip 332 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
Title A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Addressed to the freeholders and other inhabitants of Yorkshire
Note Reading ease score: 45.3 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits Produced by Richard Tonsing, Michael Roe, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This
book was produced from scanned images of public domain
material from the Google Books project.)
Summary "A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade" by William Wilberforce is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The work serves as a passionate appeal to the freeholders and inhabitants of Yorkshire, urging them to acknowledge the moral imperative to abolish the slave trade. It predominantly discusses the atrocities and injustices of the slave trade system, aiming to incite action against this brutal practice. The opening portion of the text introduces Wilberforce's enduring quest to advocate for the abolition of the slave trade, a cause he has championed for over fourteen years in Parliament. He reflects on both the moral obligation of his constituents and the historical context of the ongoing discussions surrounding slavery. By expressing his concerns about the fading public awareness of the issue and the recent revival of misconceptions and arguments against abolition, Wilberforce lays the groundwork for a detailed examination of the brutal realities of the slave trade—especially its impacts on Africa—promising to present the facts and arguments that underpin the abolitionist cause. He emphasizes the deep moral responsibility shared by the British public, and the urgent need for collective action to eradicate this "foulest blot" on humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class HT: Social sciences: Communities, Classes, Races
Subject Slave trade -- Great Britain
Subject Antislavery movements -- Great Britain
Category Text
EBook-No. 63974
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 172 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!