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The correspondence of Stephen Fuller, 1788-1795 : Jamaica, the West India interest at Westminster, and the campaign to preserve the slave trade

Fuller, Stephen, 1716-1808, McCahill, Michael W, Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust

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\"The correspondence of Stephen Fuller between 1788 and 1795 and an introduction that sets the context for the letters together provide a much needed account of how its supporters managed to preserve the trade for a decade or more. While reflecting the priority that Jamaica and the West India interest attached to fending off abolition, Fuller's correspondence addresses a host of the islands' other concerns. Among these were the need to provide for the islands' defense against foreign enemies and restive slaves; to beat back challenges to their commercial privileges; and to counter indictments of the planter regime by taking steps to promote higher birth rates among slaves and by adopting stronger, more humane slave codes. In confronting these challenges, Caribbean elites and their British allies discovered that a substantial portion of Britain's leadership no longer shared their priorities\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Wiley Blackwell for The Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust
• Subject: Fuller, Stephen, 1716-1808 Correspondence. / Jamaica. Assembly Officials and employees Correspondence. / Great Britain. Parliament History 18th century Sources. / Slave trade Jamaica History 18th century Sources. / Antislavery movements Great Britain History 18th century Sources. / Slavery Jamaica History 18th century Sources. / Jamaica Commerce History 18th century Sources. / Jamaica Defenses History 18th century Sources. / West Indies, British Relations Great Britain Sources. / Great Britain Relations West Indies, British Sources.
• ISBN: 9781118932124, 1118932129

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HT1096.F85 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE