The Anti-slavery Movement in England: A Study in English HumanitarianismArchon Books, 1968 - 390 pages |
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Page 203
... leaders were be- ginning their attack on the institution of slavery , the merchants of London engaged in the East India trade were asking for the same rates of duty on their sugar as those levied on the West India product . An economic ...
... leaders were be- ginning their attack on the institution of slavery , the merchants of London engaged in the East India trade were asking for the same rates of duty on their sugar as those levied on the West India product . An economic ...
Page 265
... leaders prepared to bring the subject before the Com- mons . Unfortunately , the anti - slavery leaders were by no means always united on methods of procedure . Buxton recorded that on March 25 twenty of his leading anti- slavery ...
... leaders prepared to bring the subject before the Com- mons . Unfortunately , the anti - slavery leaders were by no means always united on methods of procedure . Buxton recorded that on March 25 twenty of his leading anti- slavery ...
Page 282
... leaders had to meet an insurrection within their own party , for the radical members were op- posed to compensation for the planters , which was an in- herent part of the government scheme of emancipation . In order to conciliate their ...
... leaders had to meet an insurrection within their own party , for the radical members were op- posed to compensation for the planters , which was an in- herent part of the government scheme of emancipation . In order to conciliate their ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Formation of Public Opinion in Great | 22 |
The Attack on the Slave Trade 17831793 | 59 |
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