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The Remedy

Being a Sequel to the African Slave Trade

Thomas Fowell Buxton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:9th Dec '10

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The Remedy cover

Leading abolitionist Sir Thomas Buxton's suggestions to the government on ways to suppress the African slave trade.

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786–1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. The Remedy, first published in 1840, called on the government to assist African development, so that African chiefs did not need to participate in the trade.Thomas Fowell Buxton, M.P. (1786–1845) was a philanthropist who had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of his wife, who was the sister of Henry Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. He was a passionate opponent of slavery, and campaigned to end it at a time when most British people believed that enough had been done by the abolition of British slave trading in 1807. The Remedy, first published in 1840, called on the government to do more to assist African development, so that African chiefs' participation in the trade would be reduced. Many African rulers believed that slavery was their only economic resource, but Buxton argued that this was false, and that, with training in agriculture and commerce, the available workforce could improve the economy of Africa without slavery. He also advocated greater use of the navy to patrol the coasts of Africa to drive off slavers.

ISBN: 9781108024327

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm

Weight: 390g

306 pages