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Samuel Pepys ran into a little knot of seafaring men at the Exchange, who told him some hair-raising tales about their time in Algiers.
Picture: By Willem van de Velde (1603-1707), via the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted August 27 2023
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The Russian Consul in New York issued a stern rebuke to those trying to break Britain’s ban on slave-trading by sailing under his nation’s colours.
Picture: © Sara Raymer, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted January 21 2022
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John Wesley called for a world in which no one was forced to go against his conscience or to serve against his will.
Picture: By Walker and Boutall (fl. 1887-1900), via the Wellcome Collection and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted November 23 2021
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John Wesley wondered how those involved in the slave trade would feel if the tables were ever turned on them.
Picture: John Raphael Smith (1752–1812) after George Morland (1763–1804), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted November 18 2021
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Two years into America’s Civil War, cotton workers in Manchester defied current opinion among politicians and the press, and pledged their support to the Union.
Picture: © Kieth Edkins, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted February 9 2021
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In replying to a letter of support from Manchester’s cotton workers, US President Lincoln showed how deeply touched he had been.
Picture: © John Topping, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted February 9 2021