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GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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NAS |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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GD170/2974 |
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Title |
Letter from William Wilberforce, unaddressed, [probably to John Campbell, W.S.] |
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Dates |
16 Feb 1808 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Regrets that any application for a situation in the East India Company has small chance of success, but he will mention the matter to three of the directors.
`Can you promote the cause of the African Institution in your part of the world? We are hitherto disappointed in our progress. I firmly believe the civilization of Africa may materially depend upon it - the accounts ... we received today from the Coast of Africa are horrible beyond measure - the slave traders redoubling their efforts in order to make the most of their time'.
Dated at Near London. |
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National Records of Scotland, H.M. General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY; email: [email protected]
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