William Wilberforce spent his life seeking to abolish slavery. He succeeded in ending the buying and selling of slaves, but died six months before slavery itself began to be phased out.
This piece is Part I of a two-part series from my fellow Austen Author, Collins Hemingway. In this one, Collins takes a closer look at the slavery issue during Jane Austen’s time. Slavery was…
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An interesting read. I didn’t know about the slavery connections with Austen’s family.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nor did I and I should have done, seeing as they’re both forebears!
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