Identity area
Reference code
Wilberforce/1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Wilberforce/1
Title
ALS probably to Bryan Edwards (1743-1800), from Bath
Date(s)
- 7 Aug. 1792 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from Pickering and Chatto, 1960.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sends a volume of debates on motions put forward by WW respecting the slave trade. Hopes that they will both agree that the rapid improvements in conditions that have taken place will ensure that the population as a whole will see that the keeping of slaves is unnecessary.