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The Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1675-1907

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Introduction

Follow the slave trade from Africa and America to Britain through these records. See who traded in slaves, read accounts of their transportation and learn about the plantations where they were forced to work. Then uncover the philosophies that endorsed or fought against the existence of this trade in people.

Dates Covered

1675-1907

Contributors

Bodleian Library
British Library
Keele University Library
Liverpool Record Office
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
National Library of Scotland
Somerset Record Office
Surrey History Centre

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View document: Misc manuscripts in the British Library's Edward Long holdings, 1663-1784.

Licensed to access Misc manuscripts in the British Library's Edward Long holdings, 1663-1784

Contributor Bodleian Library, British Library, and others

CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Records of Flora, Fauna and Climate in Jamaica, 1770-1791.

Licensed to access Records of Flora, Fauna and Climate in Jamaica, 1770-1791

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Papers on the French West Indies in relation to the British West Indies, 1701-1781.

Licensed to access Papers on the French West Indies in relation to the British West Indies, 1701-1781

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Items relating to the Jamaican Assembly, 1660-1702.

Licensed to access Items relating to the Jamaican Assembly, 1660-1702

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Manuscripts relating to Jamaican political affairs, 1678-1680.

Licensed to access Manuscripts relating to Jamaican political affairs, 1678-1680

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Papers on Britain's trade with her colonies, 1757-1852.

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Statistical data on the sugar trade and plantations, 1739-1792.

Licensed to access Statistical data on the sugar trade and plantations, 1739-1792

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Parliamentary debates on slavery, 1788-1792.

Licensed to access Parliamentary debates on slavery, 1788-1792

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

View document: Henry Barham's 'Civil History of America, 1721'.

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CollectionSlavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

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A painting of the 1840 convention of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society which was established to promote worldwide abolition. An elderly Thomas Clarkson is stood with his finger pointing in the air as he addresses a meeting of over 500 delegates.

Licensed to access Slavery Through Time: from Enslavers to Abolitionists, 1675-1865

Contributor British Library; Bodleian Library Contents 5 Volumes, 60 Documents (28,202 Pages)

Enslaved people cutting down sugar cane.

Licensed to access Antigua, Slavery and Emancipation in the Records of a Sugar Plantation, 1689-1907

Contributor Somerset Record Office Contents 6 Volumes, 232 Documents (25,432 Pages)

An illustration by Robert Wallis of Liverpool, from the Mersey. A ship with sails commences from the ship building yards. There are smaller row boats surrounding the ship.

Licensed to access American Slave Trade Records and Other Papers of the Tarleton Family, 1678-1838

Contributor Liverpool Record Office Contents 3 Volumes, 7 Documents (655 Pages)

A well-dressed plantation owner and family visiting the slave quarters in Virginia

Licensed to access Scottish Trade with Africa and the West Indies in the Early 18th century, 1694-1709

Contributor National Library of Scotland Contents 8 Volumes, 76 Documents (10,219 Pages)

People with baskets and sacks pick cotton on a plantation.

Licensed to access Slavery in Jamaica, Records from a Family of Slave Owners, 1686-1860

Contributor Surrey History Centre Contents 6 Volumes, 74 Documents (6,139 Pages)

An engraving of The Mill Yard, grinding sugar cane in a windmill in 1823. A windmill on the left hand side, with people and cattle working.

Licensed to access Slavery, Exploitation and Trade in the West Indies, 1759-1832

Contributor Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru Contents 4 Volumes, 91 Documents (9,694 Pages)

Rows of enslaved people digging cane holes on the Island of Antigua

Licensed to access Slave Trading Records from William Davenport & Co., 1745-1797

Contributor Keele University Library Contents 2 Volumes, 31 Documents (1,890 Pages)

A black and white image of Liverpool docks. Overlaid is an image of North Commercial wharf of Charleston, S.C. with cotton bales for shipping to foreign and domestic ports via sailing ships.

Licensed to access Slave Trade Records from Liverpool, 1754-1792

Contributor Liverpool Record Office Contents 5 Volumes, 44 Documents (2,970 Pages)

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