The Opportunity, or Reasons for an Immediate Alliance with St. Domingo

by James Stephen and Dessalines Jean-Jacques 1758-1806

Book Overview

James Stephen (1758-1832) was a British lawyer and slavery abolitionist. After qualifying for the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1782 Stephen sailed for St Kitts in 1783. The atrocities committed against slaves which he witnessed in the West Indies converted him to the abolitionist cause, and after his return to England in 1794 he campaigned on behalf of the abolition movement. This volume, first published in 1804, contains Stephen's discussion of Britain's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110802436X
• ISBN13: 9781108024365
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"