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Chargement... The history of the rise, progress, & accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade, by the British Parliamepar Thomas Clarkson
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Thomas Clarkson, an ardent advocate of British Abolition details the road to the Act of the Abolition of the Slave Trade that was passed in 1807. The book orginally published in 1808, highlights his involvement and many others- like William Wilberforce, Lord Mansfield, Granville Sharp, Alexander Falconbridge- in one of the most important steps to ending slavery in the British Empire and the world. It chronicles many of his personal discoveries and first hand accounts of the horrors of the slave trade and slavery. Clarkson played a pivotal role in ending slavery in England and anyone who is interested in abolition- in US or UK- will find this book fascinating- hopefully as much as I did. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was a leading campaigner against slavery and the African slave trade. After graduating from St. John's College, Cambridge in 1783, Clarkson with Granville Sharp (1735-1813) founded the Committee for the Abolition of the African Slave Trade in 1787, which increased popular support for abolition and was the main campaigner behind the abolition of the slave trade. These volumes, first published in 1808, contain a unique contemporary account of the abolition movement from one of its major leaders. Clarkson describes in great detail the Quaker background to the abolitionist movement and the parliamentary debates leading to the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The contemporary arguments both in support and in opposition to abolition and the researches and actions of the abolition movement's members are described, creating an important historical record of the movement. Volume 2 describes the campaign from June 1788 until March 1808. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)326.0941Social sciences Political Science Slavery and emancipation Trans-Atlantic Slavery Biography And History EuropeClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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