Sixteen years after the abolition of the slave trade, the veteran abolitionist Thomas Clarkson admits that he had overrated the improvement in West Indian slavery and argues for immediate reforms leading to emancipation. He answers fears that freedom would be dangerous, citing planters who abolished the whip and arbitrary punishment, and shows that free labour is both safe and profitable.
A key document of the British campaign that ended colonial slavery in 1833. Download the free EPUB.