Correspondence from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Pringle regarding procedures for a public meeting on protecting the slaves in the crown colonies - American History 1493-1945 - Adam Matthew Digital

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00496.146
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1830
Title	Correspondence from Thomas Clarkson to Thomas Pringle regarding procedures for a public meeting on protecting the slaves in the crown colonies
Date	18 April 1830
Author	Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846)
Recipient	Pringle, Thomas
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Discusses procedures for a public meeting on protecting the slaves in the crown colonies, namely Jamaica. Advises shrewd planning and maintaining a schedule.
Subjects	Global History and Civics Caribbean African American History Slavery Abolition Reform Movement African American History
People	Pringle, Thomas (1789-1834) Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846)
Place written	Playford, Suffolk, England
Theme	Slavery & Abolition; African Americans
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Thomas Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist and poet. Clarkson was a British author and abolitionist.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide [Draft] [Excerpt:] [1]...the great object of that Meeting is to rouze the public, by informing them, that our cause has not advanced according, to our Expectations, but on the other hand, that it has actually gone back, and I take it for granted, that this will be proved by reading a Report to that meeting, which will be made up from the new order of Council for the Management of the Slaves in the Crown-Colonies; some of the Clauses of which must, I am persuaded, excite universal Indignation...[3] The more I study the new Order of Council the more I am convinced, that Ministers have not only an Understanding with the Planters, but that they have done all that they intend to do, except it may be that they may try to bring the Planters in the Chartered Colonies up to the Standard of those who live in the Crown; but beyond such a Standard it is my firm Belief, that it is not their Intention to go - we must therefore no longer adhere to the Resolutions of both Houses, but take new Ground, and rely upon our Selves and the People....

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