Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 59

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) MACAULAY, ZACHARY. A Letter to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, President of the African Institution. 60 pages. 8vo, modern cloth. London: Ellerton and Henderson, 1815

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second edition, enlarged. The controversy was sparked by Thorpe's pamphlet attack on Macaulay addressed to William Wilberforce. Thorpe accused Macaulay of using the African Institution to his own advantage. "Macaulay declares that the attack was the result of his refusal to lend Thorpe money." Ragatz, British Caribbean Guide, page 522.