WebWilliam Wilberforce, (born Aug. 24, 1759, Hull, Yorkshire, Eng.—died July 29, 1833, London), British politician. Entering the House of Commons in 1780, he supported parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation. Converted to evangelical Christianity (1785), he agitated against the slave trade and cofounded the Anti-Slavery Society. WebOne such work is Anna Letitia Barbauld’s relatively early contribution to the abolition debate, her Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade (1791). A devastating portrait of the individual and national consequences of moral failure, Barbauld’s poem is often cited in discussions of ...
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WebEpistle To William Wilberforce, Esq. ON THE REJECTION OF THE BILL FOR ABOLISHING THE SLAVE TRADE, 1791. Cease, Wilberforce, to urge thy generous aim! Thy Country knows the sin, and stands the shame! The Preacher, Poet, Senator in vain Has rattled in her sight the Negro's chain; With his deep groans assailed her startled ear, WebEpistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the rejection of the bill for abolishing the slave trade. Show all versions (3) Bibliographic Details. Main Author: Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna … prospecting australia buckle
Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq.: on the rejection of the bill …
WebIn the following year, after one of William Wilberforce's many abolitionist legislation failed to pass in the British Parliament, Barbauld wrote the Epistle to William … WebEpistle to William Wilberforce, Esq., on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade (London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1791). Evenings at Home; or, The Juvenile … WebEpistle To William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade. Cease, Wilberforce, to urge thy generous aim! Thy Country knows the sin, and … prospecting and mining law