Declaration of the Objects of the Liverpool Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 25Th March, 1823

Declaration Of The Objects Of The Liverpool Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 25Th March, 1823. The pamphlet outlines a humanitarian and political program to end slavery and the slave-trade, detailing the Liverpool Society's aims to collect information on the condition of enslaved people and to advocate gradual emancipation. It records a Liverpool meeting where a Declaration of aims was adopted, emphasizing the moral improvement of society and the necessity of extending justice to enslaved individuals. The volume also contains essays and correspondence by prominent abolitionists such as Wilberforce, discussions on the economic dimensions of free versus slave labor, and analyses of colonial and imperial sugar policy. It situates abolition within a broader critique of colonial economies, arguing that free labor and cheaper production can benefit both workers and the nation. The text includes Parliamentary and colonial appendices, illustrating the era’s transatlantic abolitionist discourse and the attempt to align humanitarian aims with sound policy toward emancipation and industrial reform.