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- ↑ West Calder Slave Trade Petition, March 15, 1792, reported in the Edinburghshire log of 1792.
- ↑ "Henry Dundas and Abolition – The Missing Pieces" (PDF). Henry Dundas Committee for Public Education on Historic Scotland, Arniston House. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ↑ "House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 16 December 1830', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 63, 1830-1831 (London, [n.d.]), pp. 176-180". British History Online. Retrieved 22 October 2021.