"He was one of those who wished for the abolition of the Slave Trade. He thought it ought to be abolished on principles of humanity and justice."
— Edmund Burke

January 1, 1970

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Speech in the House of Commons (9 May 1788), quoted in The Parliamentary History of England, From the Earliest Period to the Year 1803, Vol. XXVII (1816), column 502