Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) English novelist (1815-1882)
Speech at the opening of an art exhibition at Bolton Mechanics' Institution (7 December 1868)
“Who will not be proud to concur with my honored friend in promoting the greatest act of national benefit, and securing to the Africans the greatest blessing which God has ever put in the power of man to confer on his fellow creatures?”
Quoted in Memoir of William Wilberforce, Thomas Price (Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836), pages 59–60. https://ia902609.us.archive.org/5/items/memoirwilliamwi00pricgoog/memoirwilliamwi00pricgoog.pdf <br class="br">Slave Trade Bill speech (1807)
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