audiobook The Dutch Slave Trade (European Expansion Global Interaction) by Pieter Emmer in History

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In 1833 Thomas Fowell Buxton; the parliamentary successor to William Wilberforce; proposed a toast to 'the anti-slavery tutor of us all. - Mr. Macaulay.' Yet Zachary Macaulay's considerable contribution to the ending of slavery in the British Empire has received scant recognition by historians. This book seeks to fill that gap; focussing on his involvement with slavery and anti-slavery but also examining the people and events that influenced him in his life's work. It traces his Scottish roots and his torrid account of years as a young overseer on a Jamaican plantation. His accidental stumbling into the anti-slavery circle through a family marriage led to formative years in the government of the free colony of Sierra Leone dealing with settlers; slave traders; local chiefs and a French invasion. His return to Britain in 1799 began nearly forty years of research; writing; and reporting in the long campaign to get rid of what he described as 'this foul stain on the nation.' James Stephen rated him as