The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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Regular meetings for the discussion of the subject were presently arranged at Wilberforce's house in London at which Granville Sharp , Clarkson , Ramsay and other sympathisers attended ; and Wilberforce began to make enquiries among the ...
Regular meetings for the discussion of the subject were presently arranged at Wilberforce's house in London at which Granville Sharp , Clarkson , Ramsay and other sympathisers attended ; and Wilberforce began to make enquiries among the ...
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“ I do not imagine ” , wrote a Yorkshire correspondent to Wilberforce , " that we could meet with twenty persons in Hull at present who would sign a petition that are not republicans . ” And similar reports came in from other counties .
“ I do not imagine ” , wrote a Yorkshire correspondent to Wilberforce , " that we could meet with twenty persons in Hull at present who would sign a petition that are not republicans . ” And similar reports came in from other counties .
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COUPLAND , R. Wilberforce . Oxford , 1923 . GRIGGS , E. L. Thomas Clarkson . 1936 . HARFORD , J. S. Recollections of Wilberforce . 1864 . HINTON , J. H. Memoirs of William Knibb . 1847 . HOARE , P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp . 1820 .
COUPLAND , R. Wilberforce . Oxford , 1923 . GRIGGS , E. L. Thomas Clarkson . 1936 . HARFORD , J. S. Recollections of Wilberforce . 1864 . HINTON , J. H. Memoirs of William Knibb . 1847 . HOARE , P. Memoirs of Granville Sharp . 1820 .
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