WILLIAM SMITH PAPERS. 327 items
The papers of William Smith, member of Parliament, relate chiefly to the movement in
England to abolish slavery. There are letters from planters in Jamaica, St. Vincent, Bermuda,
Nevis, Barbados, and Berbice discussing the condition of slaves and slavery on the islands.
Extensive printed and miscellaneous papers include research notes on the number of ships
involved in the slave trade, the rate of death on slave ships, methods of obtaining slaves,
eyewitness accounts of slave treatment, an illustration of how space is allotted on slave
ships, and runaway statistics from various islands.