A short sketch of the evidence for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons

by William Bell Crafton

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A
SHORT SKETCH
OF
THE EVIDENCE
FOR THE
ABOLITION
OF THE
SLAVE TRADE,

Delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons

TO WHICH IS ADDED, A

Recommendation of the Subject

TO THE

SERIOUS ATTENTION

OF

PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

“ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO TO THEM,” Matt. chap. vii. ver. 12.

LONDON, PRINTED; PHILADELPHIA:
RE-PRINTED BY DANIEL LAWRENCE.
M.DCC.XCII.