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.
bySamuel Pepys1633-1703
Abolition of Slavery
True Colours
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.
byAleksei Grigor’evitch Eustaphieve1775-1857
Abolition of Slavery
Away with Compulsion!
John Wesley called for a world in which no one was forced to go
against his conscience or to serve against his will.
byJohn Wesley1703-1791
Abolition of Slavery
Make the Case Your Own
John Wesley wondered how those involved in the slave trade
would feel if the tables were ever turned on them.
byJohn Wesley1703-1791
American Civil War
Sublime Christian Heroism
In replying to a letter of support from Manchester’s cotton workers,
US President Lincoln showed how deeply touched he had been.
byAbraham Lincoln1809-1865
American Civil War
A Letter to the President
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.