Buch, Englisch, 620 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 862 g
Buch, Englisch, 620 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 862 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
ISBN: 978-1-108-02025-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786–1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family connections to the Quakers and became an associate of Elizabeth Fry in campaigning for prison reform. He was elected an MP in 1818 and from 1825 he became the leader of the abolitionist movement in Parliament following William Wilberforce's retirement from politics. This biography, compiled by his son Charles Buxton and first published in 1848, provides an intimate and detailed account of Buxton's character and involvement with social reform and the abolition movement, culminating in the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act. The inclusion of Buxton's letters to family, friends and colleagues provides valuable insights into his character and his thoughts on the progress of the abolition movement and other political events connected to the campaign for abolition.
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Preface; 1. 1786–1802, notices of the Buxton family; 2. 1802–1807, education in Ireland; 3. 1807–1812, enters Truman's Brewery; 4. 1812–1816, first speech in public; 5. 1816, 1817, adventure with a mad dog; 6. 1818, 1819, election, 1818; 7. 1820, 1821, election; 8. 1821–1823, chosen by Mr. Wilberforce as his successor in the slavery cause; 9. 1823–1826, excitement in the West Indies; 10. 1822–1826, Cromer Hall; 11. 1826, 1827, the Mauritius slave trade; 12. 1827, 1828, meditations; 13. 1828, 1829, the Hottentots; 14. 1829, catholic emancipation; 15. 1829, 1830, letters; 16. 1830, the public begins to arouse itself with regard to slavery; 17. 1831, religious meditations; 18. 1832, insurrection in Jamaica; 19. 1833, government undertakes the slavery question; 20. 1833, debate, May 14; 21. 1833, 1834, letters; 22. 1834, 1835, inquiry into the treatment of aboriginal tribes in British colonies; 23. 1835, 1836, accounts from West Indies; 24. 1836, Scotland; 25. 1837, 1838, Aborigines' report; 26. 1838, new plan for the suppression of the slave trade; 27. 1828, 1839, communications with government, and with private individuals; 28. 1839, 1840, journey through France and Italy; 29. 1840, prisons at Civita Vecchia; 30. June, 1840, to April, 1841, great public meeting in Exeter Hall; 31. 1841, correspondence; 32. 1843, 1844, declining health; 33. 1843–1845, continued and increasing illness; Appendix.
