Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
"The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-021
Overview
In Thomas Clarkson's manuscript "The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade," he describes the Quaker influence in the abolitionist movement in Britain and the parliamentary debates leading to the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The manuscript describes both the arguments in support and in opposition to abolition, and the actions of the members of the abolition movement. Volume 1 contains the early history of the abolition movement until July,...
Dates:
Undated.
