A short sketch of the evidence for the abolition of the slave trade, delivered before a committee of the House of Commons

A concise account summarizes parliamentary testimony against the slave trade, presenting documentary evidence and eyewitness statements that expose systematic brutalities at African capture, coastal procurement, and on plantations. It outlines native practices of kidnapping and war used to supply captives and details European complicity through trade goods, arms, and inducements that promote seizure and sale. The pamphlet abstracts voluminous committee records, catalogs physical cruelties, legal abuses, and economic incentives sustaining the traffic, and urges readers to recognize moral and political grounds for prohibition while recommending wider public attention and legal remedies.