Slavery and Revolution

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Simon Taylor to Chaloner Arcedeckne, 24 December 1789

By Admms |

As well as commenting on the rising abolition movement, Taylor expressed his views on other subjects. His thoughts on the early months of the French Revolution, penned on Christmas Eve, 1789, reveal his antipathy for the French, but also his admiration for a ‘free constitution’ and distaste for what he saw as the anarchical threat […]

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