Politics and the public conscience: slave emancipation and the abolitionist movement in Britain (Historical problems: studies and documents)

Ntroduction -- Ideological Trends In Anti-slavery Thought -- Politics And The Public Conscience: The Anti-slavery Movement And The Emancipation Act 1831-1840 -- The Anti-slavery Movement And British Society -- Documents -- An Appeal To The Religion, Justice, And Humanity Of The Inhabitants Of The British Empire On Behalf Of The Negro Slaves In The West Indies / William Wilberforce -- A Brief View Of The Nature And Effects Of Negro Slavery As It Exists In The Colonies Of Great Britain -- Memoirs Of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, With Selections From His Correspondence -- Report Of The Agency Committee Of The Anti-slavery Society -- Memoir Of William Knibb, Missionary Of Jamaica / John Howard Hinton -- Substance Of An Address To The Ladies Of Glasgow And Vicinity On Negro Emanicpation: Mr. Andersons Chapel -- Petitions For The Abolition Of Slavery -- From The Speech Of Edward Stanley, Secretary Of State For The Colonies, Introducing The Government Plan For The Emancipation Of The Slaves -- From The Petition Of Lords Wellington, St Vincent, Penshurst And Wynford Against The Emancipation Act -- From Abolition Of Slavery Act 1833 -- From A Letter Of Thomas Clarkson To William Smith. [by] Edith F. Hurwitz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.