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The Attitude Of William Wilberforce And The Evangelicals Toward The Reform Of Working-Class Conditions In Early Nineteenth-Century England, James J. Dorey '70
The Attitude Of William Wilberforce And The Evangelicals Toward The Reform Of Working-Class Conditions In Early Nineteenth-Century England, James J. Dorey '70
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This paper attempts to ascertain by what standard the Evangelicals of early nineteenth-century England judged slavery immoral, and to apply that standard to the condition of England's working class. The stature of William Wilberforce as a great humanitarian is challenged.