... SLAVERY SIR,-Paul Scott's admirable review of Dr. l~a n sford' s The Slave Trade (CouNTRY LIFE, September 30) could be t aken, if rapidly read, to imply that slave trading was a thing of the past . It is clear from the context that its m erciful end ...

... Catcott, Somerset. THE SURVIVAL OF doubt about this, they can easily confirm from the Anti-Slavery Society in London or from the United Nations offices that slavery, particularly of children, still survives in a number of countries.- FnzGERALD, Pen M ill ...

... the civil war had nothing to do with the question of slavery; to see it simply as a power-conflict between the conservative southern aristocrats and the pushing northern Yankees. In Dicey's view, slavery had a great to do with it, but he placed the rational ...

... buckles to the ornate Garter buckle. WILBERFORCE'S SANDGATE SUMMERS Linda R ene-Martin recalls the holidays spent by the great slavery abolitionist on the Kentish coast, at the beginning of the 19th century. CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW REPORT Arthur Hellyer r eviews ...

... deep concern she compares slavery and the position of womenif slavery is the greater injustice it is allied to the injustice to women so closely that I cannot see one without thinking of the other and feeling how soon slavery would be destroyed if right ...

... one island of the ABC group where some indigenous Indians remained; on the other two the Spaniards carried them off into slavery. The population today, though very mixed, certainly shows many traces of Indian blood. Appropriately, there are extensive ...

... reason to believe that they were used by William Wilberforce, who campaigned for the abolition of slave trading and an end to slavery, during the early years of the last century. I 0 183 b Kings Road, Chelsea Tel: 01-229 5319 Cables: 'Marchanson' London WS ...

... and Co. He also intended to meet Abolitionists and members of the cotton industry who could be persuaded to accept the anti-slavery cause. By his next visit in 1859 Olmsted was immersed in the problems of designing Central Park, so it is not surprising for ...

... 1835 was a peaceful transaction in return for a substantial allowance, but friction arose through the. Sikkimese practice of slavery, which came to a head with the detention of Dr. Campbell, the Superintendent, and Sir Joseph H ooker, the naturalist, while ...

... time. In retrospect they are not a ltogether attractive. They were not a bove hypocrisy, they did attack the -concept of slavery when its particular practice in the ·w est Indies was beginning to prove uneconomical, they did bequeath to the Victorians ...

... the piece appears to be of high quality; the elaborate style of decoration dates from the middle of the 19th century. ANTI-SLAVERY DEVICE 1 enclose a photograph of a cast iron plaque which 1 bought some time design appears to be identical to that on a Wedgwood ...

... even though his own tastes ·ere often for something He also took an more austere. He also took an enlightened view over slavery, but realising little could be done in the context of contemporary attitudes he became one of the prime movers of the American ...