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The Negroes' Jubilee; A Memorial of Negro Emancipation, August 1, 1834 with a Brief History of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, and the Extinction o

The Negroes' Jubilee; A Memorial of Negro Emancipation, August 1, 1834 with a Brief History of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, and the Extinction o

Timpson, Thomas

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General World History

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ISBN10: 0217094627
ISBN13: 9780217094627
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. Mr. Wilberforce's Efforts For The Abolition Of The Slave Trade. Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain, Hears Him, by cruel men and impious, call'd r.inatic, for thy zeal to loose the enthrall'd Froin exile, public sale, and slav'ry's chain. Friend of the poor, the wrong'd, the fetter-gallM, Fear not lest labour such as thine be vain ! Thou hast achiev'd a part; hast gain'd the ear Of Britain's senate to thy glorious cause ! Hope smiles, joy springs, and though cold caution paute And weave delay, the better hour is near That shall remuncrate thy toils severe, By peace for Afric, fenc'd with British laws. Enjoy what thou hast won, esteem and love From all the just on earth, and all the blest above ! Cowper. Generous Claikson laboured indefatigably, resolving, in the strength of God, to call forth the sympathies of the public to the subject that lay so near his heart. In his noble effortshe was essentially aided and constantly encouraged by his powerful allies, the Quakers. His Essay was widely circulated; and he obtained introduction to many distinguished persons, who entered warmly into his views, especially Sir Herbert Mackworth, Lord Newhaven, Lord Leven, Lord Uawke, Bishop Porteus.Sir Richard Hill, andMr.Wilberforce. Meetings were frequently held at the house of Mr. Wilberforce, who became so deeply impressed with the atrocious cruelties of the Slave Trade, that he pledged himself to bring forward the subject in parliament, when he had gained a sufficient knowledge of its enormities. A committee was formed, for procuring such information and evidence, and publishing the same, as may lead to the abolition of the Slave Trade: their names were Granville Sharp, William Dillwyn, Samuel Hoare, George Harrison, John Lloyd, Joseph Woods, Thomas Clarks...

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