Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart.
| Title | Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart. |
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| Author | ed. by Charles Buxton |
| Publication | Dent |
| Size | XLVII, 272p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Biography--Politics (ministers, MPs, essayists etc.) Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Buxton, Thomas Fowell (1786-1845) |
| Notes | Buxton was an English Member of Parliament, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer. The slave trade had been abolished in 1807, but Buxton began to work for the abolition of the institution of slavery. In 1823 he helped found the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery (later known as the Anti-Slavery Society). In the House of Commons in May 1823, Buxton introduced a resolution condemning the state of slavery as "repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion", and called for its gradual abolition "throughout the British colonies". He also pressured the government to send dispatches to the colonies to improve the treatment of slaves. Buxton took over as leader of the abolition movement in the British House of Commons after William Wilberforce retired in 1825. He achieved his goal in 1833, when slavery was officially abolished in the British Empire, except in India, where it was part of the indigenous culture. Buxton held his seat in Parliament until 1837. In 1839 Buxton urged the British government to make treaties with African leaders to abolish the slave trade. The government in turn backed the Niger expedition of 1841 (not including Buxton) put together by missionary organizations, which was also going to work on trade. David Livingstone was strongly influenced by Buxton's arguments that the African slave trade might be destroyed through the influence of "legitimate trade" (in goods) and the spread of Christianity. He became a missionary in Africa and fought the slave trade all his life. [wikipedia] |
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