 That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due...  The Parliamentary Debates - Page 1023by Great Britain. Parliament - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Zachary Macaulay - Antislavery movements - 1827 - 408 pages
...the resolution, was manifest from the terms of the resolution itself, which, while it affirmed " that slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution, and of the Christian religion," stated also their clear opinion " that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British dominions,... | |
 | Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 516 pages
...future of Slave Parents. He concluded with moving as a resolution, " that the state of Slavery was repugnant to the " principles of the British Constitution,..." the Christian Religion, and that it ought to be " abolished throughout the British Colonies with " as much expedition as might be found con" sistent... | |
 | 1831 - 702 pages
...phalanx, on the 13th of May, 1823, Mr. Buxton brought the subject before the House of Commons, by moving " that the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British dominions, with as much expedition as... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1833 - 760 pages
...the Resolution which he moved in 1823, in which he would find a declaration that slavery was contrary to the principles of the British Constitution, and of the Christian religion. The ri^ht hon. Gentleman appeared to suppose that he did not, in those days, go to the full extent... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - Antislavery movements - 1834 - 168 pages
...relief, Mr. Buxton, May 15, 1823, brought forward in the House of Commons the following resolution : " That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British dominions, with as much expedition as may be consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament, 1833 - 1834 - 994 pages
...conclusion of that speech in 1823, the House would have seen that it declared slavery to be contrary to the principles of the British Constitution and of the Christian religion. Now, I must confess, that with all the facts which have since been brought forward — with all the... | |
 | George Canning - Great Britain - 1835 - 650 pages
...400 THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. MAY 15th, 1823. Mr. F. BUXTON submitted the following Resolution: — "That the state of Slavery is repugnant to the principles...as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well being of the parties concerned." Mr. SECRETARY CANNING said: — Sir, the appeal to His Majesty's... | |
 | George Canning, Roger Therry - Great Britain - 1836 - 546 pages
...) THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. MAY 15th, I823. Mr. F. BCXTON submitted the following Resolution:— " That the state of Slavery is repugnant to the principles...as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well being of the parties concerned." Mr. SECRETARY CANNING said:—Sir, the appeal to His Majesty's... | |
 | Benjamin Godwin - Slavery - 1836 - 262 pages
...the 15th of May, 1823, Mr. Buxton brought forward in the House of Commons the following resolution, " That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British dominions, with as much expedition as may be consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the... | |
 | Esther Copley - Antislavery movements - 1836 - 814 pages
...which took place May 15, 1823. On that day Mr. Buxton made a motion to the following effect: — " That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British dominions, with as much expedition as may he consistent with due regard to the well being of all the... | |
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