1841 June 19. G. W. Alexander to Buxton, about the need to tell Lord John Russell that many of the friends of the negro remained constant in their views …
1841; Gale Group;
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pp 271 a-d 1841 June 19. G. W. Alexander to Buxton, about the need to tell Lord John Russell that many of the friends of the negro remained constant in their views on the sugar question and drawing his attention to the subject of East Indian slavery. He had prepared an memorandum on this to present to him and asks if Buxton would give permission for someone to sign the original on his behalf. He comments on the success of the visit of Joseph John and Samuel Gurney to Paris. Appended is a copy of the appeal to Lord John Russell pledging the support of certain people, reminding him of their views on the need to impose heavy duties on slave-grown sugar even though they were, on the whole, supporters of the principle of free trade, also that they hoped he would follow up the abolition of slavery in the West Indies by its complete extinction in the East Indies and throughout all the British dependencies. William Allen, Cornelius Hanbury, John Brown, Joseph Cooper, Henry Christy and Edward Buxton had all signed the appeal and it was intended to circularise others besides the committee of the Anti-Slavery Society.
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