Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet: With Selections from His Correspondence

by Charles Buxton and Thomas Fowell Buxton

Book Overview

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) was a noted social reformer and one of the leading members of the campaign to abolish slavery. Buxton had family connections to the Quakers and became an associate of Elizabeth Fry in campaigning for prison reform. He was elected an MP in 1818 and from 1825 he became the leader of the abolitionist movement in Parliament following William Wilberforce's retirement from politics. This biography, compiled by his son...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108020259
• ISBN13: 9781108020251
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 620 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"