From the Parliamentary Collections
Poetry was frequently used to capture and express emotional responses to the suffering endured by the enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Some of the poems read here are by women and children who supported abolition in Britain.
Petition from Manufacturers and Merchants of Manchester against the Foreign Slave Trade Abolition Bill
Petition against the Foreign Slave Trade Abolition Bill
Petition from the inhabitants of Manchester in support of the Foreign Slave Trade Abolition Bill
Petition in support of the Foreign Slave Trade Abolition Bill
