Thomas Fowell Buxton, M. P. (1786 1845) was a philanthropist who had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of his wife, who was the sister of Henry Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. He was a passionate opponent of slavery, and campaigned to end it at a time when most British people believed that enough had been done by the abolition of slave trading in 1807. His other great interest was the punishment of crime: he wanted the death sentence abolished, and his campaign succeeded in reducing the number of capital crimes from over two hundred to eight. This book is a plea for a...
Thomas Fowell Buxton, M. P. (1786 1845) was a philanthropist who had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of his wife, who was...
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786 1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family connections to the Quakers and became an associate of Elizabeth Fry in campaigning for prison reform. He was elected an MP in 1818 and from 1825 he became the leader of the abolitionist movement in Parliament following William Wilberforce's retirement from politics. This biography, compiled by his son Charles Buxton and first published in 1848, provides an intimate and detailed account of Buxton's character and involvement with social reform and...
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786 1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family ...
Thomas Fowell Buxton, M.P. (1786 1845) was a philanthropist who had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of his wife, who was the sister of Henry Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. He was a passionate opponent of slavery, and campaigned to end it at a time when most British people believed that enough had been done by the abolition of British slave trading in 1807. The Remedy, first published in 1840, called on the government to do more to assist African development, so that African chiefs' participation in the trade would be reduced. Many African rulers believed that slavery...
Thomas Fowell Buxton, M.P. (1786 1845) was a philanthropist who had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of his wife, who was ...
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786 1845) was a committed social reformer throughout his life and became involved with the abolition of slavery during his time as an MP, taking over the leadership of the abolition movement in the British House of Commons after William Wilberforce retired in 1825. Following the abolition of slavery in Britain and its colonies in 1833, and his loss of his Parliamentary seat in 1837, Buxton concerned himself with the slave trade along the African coast still perpetrated by Africans, Arabs and the Portuguese. The results of his research and conclusions were originally...
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786 1845) was a committed social reformer throughout his life and became involved with the abolition of slavery during his ...
