William Wilberforce (the sociable voice of abolition) [ Politics ]
… of society – which knew its heyday in the 1790s-1800s and evolved from a network to a community, defined as a ‘state of mind’ (Stott 119). 11 Its members initially lived in three houses that made up a single unit, Thornton’s … to live up to new ideals. 19 He fought for a transformation of Britain’s identity, its re-moralization, and confidently stated: ‘ere long we shall rejoice in the consciousness of having delivered our country from the greatest of her crimes …
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