1840 June 25. Buxton to James Stephen, denying that he had ever spoken disparagingly against him and asserting that he had always spoken very highly …
1840; Gale Group;
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pp 302-3 1840 June 25. Buxton to James Stephen, denying that he had ever spoken disparagingly against him and asserting that he had always spoken very highly of his contribution to the anti-slavery cause. He explains that he was not really one of the Anti-Slavery Delegates although Lushington had put down his name as one of the committee and as a subscriber two years before in order to prevent a split between the several factions. He had only once attended a committee meeting when delivering a message from Lushington. He had twice attended meetings of the Delegates in order to maintain the peace but when he offered to state his views on the abolition of the slave trade his offer was refused. He writes that though Stephen had been reproached by Sturge and his followers it was never with bitterness equal to that with which they had reproached himself, but he had thought it his duty to the negro never to express or even to feel resentment at it. He observes that neither of them had entered upon the anti-slavery cause in order to gain the applause of their fellow men and begs him to reconsider his decision to resign from the Mico Charity and to revoke any accusations he might have made to anyone else as to Buxton's participation in reviling him. (Copy.)
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