Papers, 1795-1814.

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Papers, 1795-1814.

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Letters to Campbell concerning arrangements for taking a group of African children from Sierra Leone to Britain for education; missionaries; Campbell's religious work and the support of the Cameronian Presbyterians; and family affairs of Thomas Babington. Correspondents include William Wilberforce, Zachary Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Charles Grant, and Henry Thornton.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6999672

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838

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Zachary Macaulay, Scots-born slavery abolitionist. From the description of Zachary Macaulay manuscript material : 1 item, 1828 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726861988 From the guide to the Zachary Macaulay manuscript material : 1 item, 1828, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: of Add MS 38270 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/8105...

Babington, Thomas

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Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833

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British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish slavery. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Samuel] Bayard, Esq., [1795]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603596632 William Wilberforce, British politician and philanthropist, was born in Hull, Yorkshire. In 1780 he entered The House of Commons and acquired a reputation for radicalism. Wilberforce is most known for his opposition to slavery and the slave trade. In 1787 he for...

Campbell, John, 1766-1840

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Scottish philanthropist and traveller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Miss Henderson, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133529 Scottish philanthropist, from Edinburgh. From the description of Papers, 1795-1814. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20649133 William Carey was born in 1761. He became a Baptist minister and travelled as a missionary to India with his family in 1793. He learned the ...

Grant, Charles, 1746-1823

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Thornton, Henry, 1760-1815

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Henry Thornton (1760-1815) was a banker, political economist, and Christian philanthropist who led anti-slavery efforts and supported Christian missions. His home, Battersea Rise, became a meeting place for the evangelical Clapham Sect, led by his friend William Wilberforce. Thornton married Marianne Sykes in 1796; the couple had nine children. Thornton contributed over 80 articles to the Christian Observer, which he helped to found in 1802. He died of consumption in London in 1815. ...