A Portraiture of Quakerism Taken From a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends

Clarkson, Thomas

Verlag: Samuel Stansbury, 1806

Beschreibung

In good condition. Extremities moderately worn with light scuffing and scratching to surface. Spines creased with dulling to gilt finish. Numerical labels are nearly rubbed off. Front flyleaf of volume one torn at bottom corner. Missing frontisportrait of P. Maverick. Federal era name plate of Abraham Lower along with his signature on title page. Interior typically age-toned with scattered foxing and staining. Free of known markings other than Lower s signature. Bindings tight and intact. Please see photos. 1st American edition (same year as London edition). Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was introduced to the anti-slavery movement by a Quaker. They had been working within this movement for a number of years both in Britain and in America. It was they who helped to publish a translation of his essay, which was brought out by the Quaker bookseller James Phillips in 1786. He and Clarkson worked closely together. The pamphlet was entitled An Essay of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African . Clarkson s essay was a great success and led to the creation of an informal committee to lobby MPs. Through Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce was recruited to the cause and by 1787 had agreed to bring his concerns about slavery before the House of Commons. On 22 May 1787 the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was formally established. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers COLR1806BKLK

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Portraiture of Quakerism Taken From a View...

Verlag: Samuel Stansbury

Erscheinungsdatum: 1806

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

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