The Anti-slavery Movement in England: A Study in English HumanitarianismArchon Books, 1968 - 390 pages |
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... Wilberforce , Life of Wilberforce , II , 368. Letter to the Rev. T. Gisborne , June 6 , 1800. Wilberforce stated that negroes had risen in price from £ 76 to £ 120 per head . West India Committee of Planters and Merchants , Minutes ...
... Wilberforce , Life of Wilberforce , II , 368. Letter to the Rev. T. Gisborne , June 6 , 1800. Wilberforce stated that negroes had risen in price from £ 76 to £ 120 per head . West India Committee of Planters and Merchants , Minutes ...
Page 124
... Wilberforce by charging that he had not read the great mass of papers recently presented to the House . He retorted that he always familiarized himself immediately with all of the material available.20 It was difficult to keep the ...
... Wilberforce by charging that he had not read the great mass of papers recently presented to the House . He retorted that he always familiarized himself immediately with all of the material available.20 It was difficult to keep the ...
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... Wilberforce . . . looked up hastily from the note he was writing ' Never mind the miserable 16 , let us think of our glorious 283. ' ' 939 40 The bill after various adventures passed both houses and received the royal assent as the last ...
... Wilberforce . . . looked up hastily from the note he was writing ' Never mind the miserable 16 , let us think of our glorious 283. ' ' 939 40 The bill after various adventures passed both houses and received the royal assent as the last ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Formation of Public Opinion in Great | 22 |
The Attack on the Slave Trade 17831793 | 59 |
Copyright | |
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