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Persecution and Slavery
Abolitionist leaflet sold by B. White, Broad Street, Reading. The leaflet seeks to persuade the reader to stop the purchase of slave-grown sugar by describing the treatment of slaves. It was hoped that sugar boycotts would create an economic imperative for the abolition of colonial slavery.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2658 |
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| Collection: | Special collections |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | White, B. |
| Date made: | circa 1830 |
| People: | White, B. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 118 mm x 167 mm; Image: 99 mm x 140 mm |