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This 5 page paper discusses the involvement of various British citizens in the anti-slavery movment. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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of money to be made in human commodities and so, the practice of selling slaves became one of Englands lucrative trades. However, there were those who were vehemently against the
insitution of slavery and worked tirelessly to see the practice abolished. Finally, with the work of the Quakers, William Wilberforce, Josiah Wedgewood, Granville Sharp, Gustavus Vassa and many others, slavery
was abolished for good in 1833. Slaves that were captured or sold by tribal warlords, were packed tightly into small spaces. Quite often they were chained in place which
left no room to move, even to use the bathroom. Disease ran rampant. Many died. Most experts state that by the middle of the eighteenth century nearly fifty thousand slaves
were being transported by England, alone(**). Those that survived the trip were sold to those who owned large farms and plantations in British held America. The goods produced were then
shipped back to England. Most, it has to be said, could have cared less how the slaves were obtained, treated or transported. All most knew was that their economy and
bottom lines were looking great. However, there were a group of men and women, affluent and politically connected, who opposed the institution of slavery in their country. One of the
earliest groups to form, however, were not particularly affluent, but were immensely devout. The Society of Friends (better known as the Quakers) set up a committee out of their group
which worked with a single focus to rid their country of the evil crime of slavery. Part of that entailed publishing and making known the terrible atrocities that the slaves
endured at the hands of slave traders and owners. Their aim was to stir public sentiment and thus place political pressure on those who determined the laws: parliament. However, because
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