Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton : Extraordinary Perseverance.
The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton is a biography of one of Great Britain's most prominent social activists and examines his quest to improve humanity during the first half of the nineteenth century. Using Buxton's Memoirs and personal papers, as well as the writings of his friends and c...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington Books,
2013.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- "Principles early planted"
- Spitalfields
- "An inner light"
- Buxton and penal reform
- Buxton in Parliament, 1819-1822
- Taking command, 1822-1829
- Abolition and its aftermath, 1830-1838
- "A holy cause:" the Niger expedition of 1841
- Buxton in winter.