Download or read book Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation: Writings in the British Romantic Period, Vol. 2: The Abolition Debate written by William H. Hazlitt and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition brings together a corpus of work which reflects the major issues and theories concerning slavery and the status of the slave. The Romantic period witnessed the beginnings of the sustained British imperial expansion that was to dominate its history, bringing with it a sometimes anxious awareness of other cultures and societies.