Professor John Coffey: “Reluctant Abolitionist? John Newton and the Liverpool Slave Trade

Name: Professor John Coffey: “Reluctant Abolitionist? John Newton and the Liverpool Slave Trade
Start: 2023-04-26T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2023-04-26T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Church Of St Peter And St Paul

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Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Venue: Church Of St Peter And St Paul, Olney, MK46 4AD
Price: Free entry (tickets available on web link)

Professor John Coffey from the University of Leicester gives a lecture, exploring whether John Newton might be the 'Anonymous' speaking against the slave trade.

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Join Professor John Coffey from the University of Leicester for this special lecture, as he explores whether John Newton might be the 'Anonymous' speaking against the slave trade in 1762.

Newton worked for a land based slave trader in Sierra Leone from 1746 to 1748, followed by four journeys on slave ships as First Mate and then Captain. He would later regret his involvement in the Slave Trade and became an abolitionist.

Newton wrote Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade, in which he speaks about the cruelties inflicted on enslaved Africans. Published in 1788, this written contribution towards the abolitionist movement came about relatively late in Newton’s life. Do other sources suggest that Newton was raising a voice against the slave trade before this?

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This event takes place at St. Peter and St Paul Church

Refreshments will be provided upon arrival.

John Coffey is Professor of History at the University of Leicester and is currently Director of the Wilberforce Diaries Project.

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Church Of St Peter And St Paul
Church Street
Olney
MK46 4AD

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April 26th 2023

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