How do the authors use English history to support the claim that many people joined the antislavery movement for moral reasons?
The authors explain the details of the bill that would limit British involvement in the trading of enslaved people. The authors use events from English history to describe the economic impact of involuntary servitude. The authors provide a primary-source quotation from a British abolitionist named William Wilberforce. The authors summarize a newspaper article about ships in Bristol carrying enslaved people.
The authors provide a primary-source quotation from a British abolitionist named William Wilberforce.
In Sugar Changed the World, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos, the writers used primary-source quotations such as that from William Wilberforce to show that enslaved people in Saint Domingue were prepared to damage property to obtain their freedom.
William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a prominent abolitionist leader.
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