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HAWEIS, Thomas. An Authentic Narrative of some remarkable and interesting particulars in the life of ******** [i.e. the Rev. John Newton] communicated in a series of letters to the Reverend Mr Haweis ... The sixth edition. London: J. Johnson, 1786. 12° (170 x 103mm). Engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of part of the coast of Guinea, advertisement leaf at beginning (map quite spotted else light spotting, light offsetting from plates). Contemporary calf gilt (spine and extremities worn). Provenance: WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (bookplate) -- underlining and marginal notes in pencil.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, politician, philantropist and slave abolitionist. In 1787, Wilberforce (1759-1833) started a sustained leadership of the parliamentary campaign for the abolition of the slave trade. It came to a triumphant end in 1807 when the Abolition Bill passed by 283 votes to 16.
John Newton (1725-1807) was a slave trader and Church of England Clergyman. An Authentic Narrative is the biography of Newton's early life in a series of letters. "Newton has sometimes been accused of hypocrisy for holding strong religious convictions at the same time as being active in the slave trade, praying above deck while his human cargo was in abject misery below deck. He was not, however, within the orbit of evangelicals such as John Wesley, who has advanced views against slavery, until he had already left the sea. He was a typical European of his time. Later in life he had deep regrets and repented of his involvement in the traffic, supported William Wilberforce in his abolition crusade, gave evidence to the privy council, and wrote a tract supporting abolition, Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade (1787)" (DNB). Authenic Narrative was very popular and went through 10 British and 8 American editions before the end of the century and was translated into several other languages.
FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, politician, philantropist and slave abolitionist. In 1787, Wilberforce (1759-1833) started a sustained leadership of the parliamentary campaign for the abolition of the slave trade. It came to a triumphant end in 1807 when the Abolition Bill passed by 283 votes to 16.
John Newton (1725-1807) was a slave trader and Church of England Clergyman. An Authentic Narrative is the biography of Newton's early life in a series of letters. "Newton has sometimes been accused of hypocrisy for holding strong religious convictions at the same time as being active in the slave trade, praying above deck while his human cargo was in abject misery below deck. He was not, however, within the orbit of evangelicals such as John Wesley, who has advanced views against slavery, until he had already left the sea. He was a typical European of his time. Later in life he had deep regrets and repented of his involvement in the traffic, supported William Wilberforce in his abolition crusade, gave evidence to the privy council, and wrote a tract supporting abolition, Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade (1787)" (DNB). Authenic Narrative was very popular and went through 10 British and 8 American editions before the end of the century and was translated into several other languages.
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