The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery, Michael Taylor anthology a contemporary moral case for

a contemporary moral case for economic growth--and a dose of inspiration and optimism about our future possibilities

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by Lydia Davis

an epistolary chapter

The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery, Michael Taylor anthology a contemporary moral case forA dramatic narrative history based on new research revealing the previously hidden side of the story of abolition SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR For two hundred years, the abolition of slavery in Britain has been a cause for self congratulation but no longer. In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire. But for the next 25 years more than 700,000 people remained