Download or read book West Indian Slavery and British Abolition, 1783-1807 written by David Beck Ryden and published by . This book was released on 2010-03-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryden challenges conventional wisdom regarding the political and economic motivations behind the final decision to abolish the British slave trade in 1807. His research illustrates that a faltering sugar economy after 1799 tipped the scales in favour of the abolitionist argument and helped secure the passage of abolition.