1851 THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON. Important Abolitionist Memoir by Friend & Successor to William Wilberforce. Bible by Jacob Johnson

by Jacob Johnson

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painting for an Indian potentate

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He ruled his own house well & His children arise up and call him blessed

1851 THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON. Important Abolitionist Memoir by Friend & Successor to William Wilberforce. Bible by Jacob JohnsonA beautifully preserved example of the Memoirs of Thomas Fowell Buxton [1786 1845]. A long time Christian philanthropist, he married into an influential Quaker family. His sister in law was Elizabeth Fry, and he joined the Gurney and Fry families in their advocacy against child labor, for trafficked women prostitutes, for prison reform and, above, all, toward the abolition of slavery. He became an MP and fast friends with William Wilberforce. When