Title
[Document, 1788 May 01]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813 (Author)
Society for the Manumission of Slaves (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
May 01, 1788
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Addressed to New York Manumission Society. Reports on progress of the cause of abolition of slavery and the slave trade in Britain. Expresses disappointment at results of the American Constitutional Convention as far as restrictions on slave trade are concerned. Results of Parliamentary discussion uncertain. Arguments used against abolition of slave trade. Petitions of Universities and towns supporting abolition of trade. Beginnings of anti-slavery organization in France. Encloses report on Society's activities in England.
Identifier
columbia.jay.08626