1839 THOMAS CLARKSON. History of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade. Rare Illustrated Edition. Reformation Matthew Arnold's View of the

Matthew Arnold's View of the Conscience by Joseph Cook

Archibald Hamilton Rowan

One volume has the "volume" onlay lacking

A lovely example of a Wilberforce letter

[Slavery – Anti-Irish - James Buchanan] The New “Democratic” Doctrine

1839 THOMAS CLARKSON. History of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade. Rare Illustrated Edition. Reformation Matthew Arnold's View of theA foundational work on the history of the abolitionist cause by Thomas Clarkson (17601846). Clarkson was one of the leading campaigners against slavery and the African slave trade. With Granville Sharp, he founded the Committee for the Abolition of the African Slave Trade in 1787, which was the main campaigning body behind the eventual legislative victory. The book itself is the definitive firsthand chronicle of the abolitionist movement in Britain.