Substance of the Bishop of Rochester's Speech in the House of Peers, Friday, July 5, 1799, in the Debate Upon the Second Reading of the Bill to Prohibit the Trading in Slaves
Samuel Horsley's 1799 speech in the House of Peers against the slave trade during debate on prohibition legislation.
About This Book
This work records the speech delivered by Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester, in the House of Peers on July 5, 1799.
The address was given during the second reading of a bill intended to prohibit trading in slaves.
The text preserves Horsley's arguments as presented in the parliamentary debate of that period.
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