" • • • • • AS WE HAVE BEEN GREAT IN CRIME, LET US BE EARLY IN REPENTANCE. THERE WILL BE A DAY OF RETRIBUTION, WHEREIN WE SHALL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE TALENTS, FACULTIES, AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRUSTED TO US. LET IT NOT THEN APPEAR THAT OUR SUPERIOR POWER HAS BEEN EMPLOYED TO OPPRESS OUR FELLOW CREATURES, AND OUR SUPERIOR LIGHT TO DARKEN THE CREATION OF OUR GOD."—Wilberforce.
CONTENTS.
| [ CHAPTER I.] | |
| General Slavery proceeding from the existence of the British Aristocracy | Page 13 |
| [ CHAPTER II.] | |
| Slavery in the British Mines | 28 |
| [ CHAPTER III.] | |
| Slavery in the British Factories | 104 |
| [ CHAPTER IV.] | |
| Slavery in the British Workshops | 168 |
| [ CHAPTER V.] | |
| The Workhouse System of Britain | 206 |
| [ CHAPTER VI.] | |
| Impressment, or Kidnapping White Men for Slaves in the Naval Service | 257 |
| [ CHAPTER VII.] | |
| Irish Slavery | 284 |
| [ CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| The Menial Slaves of Great Britain | 370 |
| [ CHAPTER IX.] | |
| Mental and Moral Condition of the White Slaves in Great Britain | 379 |
| [ CHAPTER X.] | |
| Coolie Slavery in the British Colonies | 433 |
| [ CHAPTER XI.] | |
| Slavery in British India | 441 |
| [ CHAPTER XII.] | |
| The Crime and the Duty of the English Government | 489 |
THE
WHITE SLAVES OF ENGLAND.