Google Books

Here is a list of some things of interset that can be found on Google Books:

• The Bristol riots, their causes, progress, and consequences. By a citizen [J. Eagles.]. A first hand account of the 1831 uprising from a concerned and upset citizen (yes, you guessed it not one of the mob).
• Trial of Charles Pinney. The Lord Mayor of Bristol during the 1831 uprising gets put on trial for failing to deal with the great unwashed.
• An Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade: In Two Parts. A seminal work by Thomas Clarkson.
• The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-trade A review of the abolition movement by Thomas Clarkson.
• A Transcript of James Nayler’s Trial. Read the original report of this farcical and yet disturbing event in British history.