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In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade.
This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain.
Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution
History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade
Debating the Slave Trade
History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament
Politics and the Public Conscience
Principles and Agents
History of The Rise, Progress and Accomplishment Of The Abolition Of The African Slave Trade By The British Parliament (1808), Volume I
Opposing the Slavers
Business of Abolishing the British Slave Trade, 1783-1807
Popular Protest and Public Order
Popular Contention in Great Britain, 1758-1834
Anti-Slavery Project