Thoughts on Slavery and Cheap Sugar / A Letter to the Members and Friends of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society

The pamphlet frames a direct appeal to members and supporters of an abolitionist society, arguing that dismantling slavery requires economic measures—principally free trade and cheaper sugar—that undercut the profitability of slave-produced commodities. It criticizes alliances with government and protectionist interests as compromising principles and eroding public sympathy, warns that existing policies and tariffs perpetuate slavery and harm domestic workers, rejects reliance on state coercion, and presents practical and moral reasons for pursuing market-based reforms to weaken slave economies and protect labor at home.