A Second Letter From Lord Denman to Lord Brougham, on the Final Extinction of the Slave Trade: With Remarks on a Late Narrative of the Niger Expedition in 1841 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Brougham, Henry

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ISBN 10: 1331545668 ISBN 13: 9781331545668

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A Second Letter From Lord Denman to Lord Brougham, on the Final Extinction of the Slave Trade: With Remarks on a Late Narrative of the Niger Expedition in 1841

This is the first half of the panacea - treaties! As if England could make them for both parties - treaties 1 as if none had already been made and violated without redress z - treatiesi giving free license to slave-trading based on an act of the English parliament, which could only be enforced by penalties on Brazilian subjects; with a clause for the gradual extinction of the slave trade,which they still think essential to their pros parity, and which the same treaties are to per mit a clause for the introduction of free labour, which can only be carried into effect by the slave holders; a clause for the gradual emancipation of the negroes, whom they regard as goods and chat tels, subjects of barter, and of trade. Is there to be compensation? Who is to assess it? The high contracting parties Who to pay it? The over burthened people? Will they consent, and if not, by whom must they be coerced? Plainly by the more powerful party to the treaty, which must in such case assume the sovereignty of an empire proud and jealous of its independence, and can enforce none of the proposed stipulations by other means than war. It is proposed thus to escape the odium of the overbearing.

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Excerpt from A Second Letter From Lord Denman to Lord Brougham: On the Final Extinction of the Slave Trade

An accident has directed my attention to the narrative lately published of the Expedition of the Niger in 1841, by W. Allen, R.N., Commander, second officer of the Albert, and Dr. Thomson, one of the medical officers in that vessel. The work is full of interest. While the melancholy record of sickness and death, deliberately braved and endured for an object of immense importance, inspires the highest respect for the heroic devotion of men suffering in the cause of humanity; the report of their transactions with several of the native chiefs, in execution of the powers with which they were entrusted, is highly valuable; and the information they afford on all subjects connected with that part of Africa will be found of great practical utility.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331545668
• ISBN 13: 9781331545668
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 44