Slavery In The 1700s: An Essay On The Slavery And Commerce Of The Human Species, Particularly The African,   Which Was Honoured With The First Prize ... Cambridge, For The Year 1785, With Additions.

Slavery In The 1700s is Real History – written at the time, by the people who lived it. They might be right, and they might be wrong; we have the advantage of time and distance to look back with what we call objectivity, but with Real History the writers have the advantage of being there. Thomas Clarkson, is this 1785 speech – just after the Revolutionary War and before the Constitution of the United States was even conceived – traces the history of slavery, its causes, some of the practices, and his view of its future. His conclusions are based on his experiences – no doubt modern scholars and even the casual reader would find some of his perspectives outdated, even barbaric. But this was his time, not ours --- and the treasure of reading what was believed and shared over two centuries ago is something for which we should all be grateful.