An Abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons, in the years 1790 and 1791; on the part of the petitioners for the abolition

An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, in the Years 1790 and 1791; on the Part of the Petitioners for the Abolition stands as one of the most important parliamentary documents in the history of the British antislavery movement.

Compiled from the testimonies of witnesses, captains, surgeons, and missionaries, this record presents an unflinching examination of the transatlantic slave trade—its brutal practices, human cost, and moral enormity. The evidence, gathered under the auspices of William Wilberforce and other reformers, laid the foundation for Britain’s eventual abolition of the slave trade in 1807. Each statement recorded in this volume bears the weight of lived suffering and the conscience of a nation awakening to justice.

Part legal record, part moral revelation, An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee remains a cornerstone in the documentation of human rights, abolitionist history, and parliamentary reform, serving as both a voice for the voiceless and a monument to the power of testimony.

Complete and unabridged edition of the 1791 parliamentary proceedings

Authentic firsthand evidence presented to the British Parliament’s antislavery committee

A vital resource for scholars of abolition, human rights, and 18th-century political history

Essential reading for collectors of historical justice documents, moral philosophy, and early reform literature