To the electors of Great Britain & Ireland.

Address to the electors of Great Britain & Ireland regarding the breach of the provisions established in the Emancipation Act passed by Parliament in 1833. According to the act, the slave owners in the colonies, and their supporters accepted the loss of their ‘property’ (slaves) in return for compensation (money) from the government. £20 million were paid to slave owners by the British government, as compensation for this ‘loss’. According to this address the slaves did not get full freedom, and those rights, that were purchased for them at the costly price of twenty million pounds, were not given to the slaves. Signed by the secretary of the Committee , R. Stokes.

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