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The Correspondence Between John Gladstone, Esq., M.P., and James Cropper, Esq., on the Present State of Slavery in the British West Indies and in the (Paperback)
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The Correspondence Between John Gladstone, Esq., M.P., and James Cropper, Esq., on the Present State of Slavery in the British West Indies and in the (Paperback)
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
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(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.
1824. Excerpt: ... The occasion calls for strong language, and I
have expressed myself strongly; but, I hope, without personal
disrespect to you. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, T. F.
Liverpool, 4th December, 1823. To the EDITOR of the TUESDAY'S
ADVERTISER. Sir, I Should, perhaps, not have thought it necessary
to trouble you further on the question discussed in my two letters
to Mr. Cropper, but a friend having favoured me with the subjoined
letter, which expresses the sentiments of a calm, well-informed,
and impartial observer, respecting this question, it is my wish to
make it public, and I have no doubt the perusal of it will be
interesting to your readers. At the same time, I hope you will
indulge me with the opportunity of making a few explanatory
observations. Mr. Cropper thinks he has answered me by leaving it
to the common sense of the public, "'Whether the golden rule of
doing to others as we would they should do to us, ' can be so
twisted and managed as to sanction T. F. in the purchase of a slave
whom he knew to have been obtained by the most diabolical means,
and when he had so purchased him, still to withhold from him his
just and natural rights?" I did not say it could sanction such a
purchase. My argument related to a system of servitude, established
by prescription and law, and to which time has given a certain
sanction, (however it may have originated, ) the habits and
characters of men having been formed upon it. He takes an
individual possessed of freedom, supposes him reduced by force or
fraud under the power of a master, and then offered for sale. The
cases are very different. Mr. Cropper's proposition evidently
refers to the Slave Trade, which, as to this country and its
Colonies, has been abolished many years, and has nothing to do with
the prese...
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Imprint: |
General Books LLC
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2012 |
First published: |
February 2012 |
Authors: |
John Gladstone
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
56 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-150-16410-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-150-16410-7 |
Barcode: |
9781150164101 |
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