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Condition: New. The first biography of Zachary Macaulay - the 'engineer' of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. He was never an orator or organiser of meetings but through careful research and publication of the facts, providing the vital resources for the parliamentary and public campaign. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 263 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572. . 2011. Hardcover. . . . . …

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Condition: New. The first biography of Zachary Macaulay - the 'engineer' of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. He was never an orator or organiser of meetings but through careful research and publication of the facts, providing the vital resources for the parliamentary and public campaign. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 263 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572. . 2011. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnA prominent British anti-slavery campaigner, Zachary Macaulay devoted forty years of exhaustive research to combating what he called a foul stain on the nation, and his work was instrumental in laying the foundation for the .

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In 1833 Thomas Fowell Buxton, the parliamentary successor to William Wilberforce, proposed a toast to 'the anti-slavery tutor of us all- Mr Macaulay'. Yet Zachary Macaulay's considerable contribution to the ending of slavery in the British Empire has received scant recognition by historians. This book seeks to fill that gap, focusing on Macaulay's involvement with slavery and anti-slavery but also examining the people and events that influenced him in his life's work. It traces his Scottish roots and considers his torrid account of his years as a young overseer on a Jamaican plantation. His accidental stumbling into the anti-slavery circle through a family marriage led to formative years in the government of the free colony of Sierra Leone, dealing with settlers, slave traders, local chiefs and a French invasion. His return to Britain in 1799 began nearly forty years of research, writing and reporting in the long campaign to get rid of what he described as 'this foul stain on the nation'. James Stephen, the anti-slavery lawyer, rated him as the most feared and hated foe of slave interests.…