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Map of The Atlantic or Western Ocean
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Map of The Atlantic or Western Ocean . From the Atlas of the West Indies.
Date: 1775
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
A Smoking Club
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Satirical cartoon by James Gillray called A Smoking Club. From The Works of James Gillray.
Creator: James Gillray
Date: 1792
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Barbarities in the West Indies
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Satirical cartoon called Barbarities in the West Indies , by James Gillray. The cartoon refers to the treatment of a sick slave. From The Works of James Gillray .
Creator: James Gillray
Date: 1792
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Freed Africans dance around advocate
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HB Political sketches, volume 3. Sketch number 269, New West India Dance, to the tune of 20 Millions .
The sketch shows freed Africans dancing around Mr Buxton. Whilst in Parliament, Buxton advocated, or spoke in favour of, the abolition of slavery. He backed compensation proposals to be made to slave-owners.Parliament agreed to pay slave owners 20 million pounds in compensation after Abolition.The sketch shows John Bull, a pro-slavery activist, paying the piper to please..Mr Buxton .
The slave owners and their supporters accepted the loss of their property (slaves) in return for compensation (money) from the government. Slave owners in Bristol received over £500,000 (worth about £25 million today); a vast sum at that time.
Date: 1833
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Sugar cultivation poem; mentions Bristol
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Extract from The Sugar Cane, a poem by James Grainger. 1764.
The extract mentions Bristol. The poem is a long description of of the cultivation of sugar cane by the slaves in the Caribbean.
Page 1 of 2. For page 2 of 2, see id 2890.
Date: 1764
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Map of Central, South and East Africa
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Map of Central, South and East Africa, by D’Anville. From the Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce translated from Monsieur Savary by M Postlethwayt. Volume 1.
Date: unknown
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Map of North East Africa
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Map of North East Africa, by D’Anville. From the Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce translated from Monsieur Savary by M Postlethwayt. Volume 1.
Date: unknown
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Map detail, Caribbean islands
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Part of North American map by D’Anville, showing the Caribbean islands. From the Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce translated from Monsieur Savary by M Postlethwayt. Volume 1.
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Map of North and West Africa
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Map of North and West Africa, by D’Anville. From the Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce translated from Monsieur Savary by M Postlethwayt. Volume 1.
Date: unknown
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Items owned by Royal African Company
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The British trading company, the Royal African Company , traded with Africa via their trading ports on the west coast of Africa. This table gives an account of that owned by the company. It includes slaves, as well as military stores and canoes. From the Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce translated from Monsieur Savary by M Postlethwayt. Volume 1.
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
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