Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 84 Clarkson, Thomas 1760 1846 Clarkson, T. (Thomas) The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume I Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Robert Morse and PG Distributed Proofreaders. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade" by Thomas Clarkson is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The work details the moral and legislative journey leading to the abolition of the slave trade in Britain, focusing on the profound injustices and sufferings of enslaved Africans. Clarkson's text serves not only as a historical document but also as a passionate plea for human rights, emphasizing the moral imperatives that fueled the abolitionist movement. At the start of this monumental work, Clarkson sets the stage by reflecting on the nature of evil and how it has persisted throughout human history, particularly highlighting the unique cruelty of the African slave trade. He engages readers by evoking sympathy for the victims of this trade and outlining the vast suffering endured by enslaved Africans, both during their forced capture and their brutal conveyance to foreign shores. Clarkson describes the relentless adversities faced by these individuals and the moral corruption of those who participated in their oppression. Through detailed observations and poignant examples, he aims to instill a sense of urgency and obligation within the reader to rectify these wrongs, setting up the groundwork for the subsequent historical narrative of the abolition movement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slave trade -- Africa HT Text Slavery Africa Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Sociology 684373 684125 2024-10-05T17:52:31.356513 2023-10-06T05:25:45.337725 text/html text/html 684366 684118 2024-10-05T17:52:31.653516 2023-10-06T05:25:45.538737 text/html text/html 351300 2024-10-05T17:52:41.747611 application/epub+zip 362376 2024-10-05T17:52:35.754525 application/epub+zip 309416 2024-10-05T17:52:34.356492 application/epub+zip 716433 2024-10-05T17:52:46.772456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 681091 2024-10-05T17:52:40.816484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435527 2022-09-06T20:41:20.032164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 655376 655179 2024-10-05T17:52:30.904533 2023-10-06T05:25:44.939734 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 656649 2020-12-14T22:49:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 231596 2020-12-14T22:49:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 656640 2020-12-14T22:49:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 231555 2020-12-14T22:49:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21766 2024-10-05T17:52:46.902433 application/rdf+xml 27012 2024-10-05T17:52:34.913508 image/jpeg 4940 2024-10-05T17:52:34.631505 image/jpeg 347449 2024-10-05T17:52:31.715530 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia