All England in A Flame ! (speech by Thompson)

By the late arrivals from England, we have received files of London papers, by which we learn that the whole kingdom is gloriously agitated for the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the West Indies.  More than four hundred anti-slavery delegates were assembled in London, from all part of the kingdom, in order to influence the action of Parliament.” ..  the article includes reference to a speech by George Thompson  (Liberator, April 27, 1838, pg 3)

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