Excerpt from The Parliamentary Providence of Compensation: With Historical References This cry was raised ninety years ago, when the African Slave Trade to the West Indies, with the horrors of the Middle Passage, was assailed, and ultimately abolished. It was raised again when, in 1823, Canning's Resolutions for the Amelioration of the Condition of West Indian Slaves passed the House of Commons: If you take from us our right (1) to work our slaves to death, you must compensate us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.