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A letter to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the subject of impressment : calling him and the philanthropists of this country to prove those feelings of sensibility they expressed in the cause of humanity on negro slavery, by acting with the same ardor and zeal in the cause of British seamen

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Urquhart, Thomas

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Pamphlet containing an open letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. and published in january 2016 for the benefit of the Maritime Society
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  1. Great Britain
  2. Great Britain. Royal Navy
  3. History
  4. Impressment

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A letter to Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. on the subject of impressment; : calling on him and the philanthropists of this country to prove those feelings of sensibility they expressed in the cause of humanity on negro slavery, by acting with the same ardour and zeal in the cause of British seamen Wade, Edie Berry Scrap book, 1845-1867 Journal, 1 Aug. 1817-30 Aug. 1819. Codex House Joint Resolutions, April 17 - May 2 Letter from Mary Johnson McRae in Selma, Alabama, probably to her brother James McRae. Letter from J. W. Harrison in Selma, Alabama, to Governor John Gill Shorter. Letter from Brigadier General E. H. Hanes in Montgomery, Alabama, to Governor John Gill Shorter. Payroll for articles impressed from citizens in Butler County, Alabama, "for work on Fortification." Letter from Catherine McRae in Selma, Alabama, probably to her brother James McRae. Voucher issued to John S. Powers of Butler County, Alabama, for the impressment of a slave "to work on Fortifications" for 74 days. Senate Joint Resolutions: Apr 20-May 17 Payroll for slaves impressed to work on public defenses in Monroe County, Alabama. Payroll for slaves impressed to work on public defenses in Marengo County, Alabama. Session of November-December 1789: Joint papers: Petitions rejected or not acted on Letter appointing Newton Bradford as overseer for forty slaves selected to serve at Fort Henry in Tennessee. Letter, John B. Brownlow in Bulls Gap, Tenn. to O. P. Temple in Knoxville, Tenn., 1864 September 09 House Joint Resolutions: February 6-9 Letter directing Green B. Strother to create a register of the slaves from Madison County, Alabama, who were impressed for duty at Fort Henry in Tennessee. Receipt issued to Bolling Hall by the enrolling office of Montgomery County for the impressment of Jupiter, a twenty-five-year-old slave worth $3,000.
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