Lectures of George Thompson

Subtitle: With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick, the Pro-Slavery Agent, Held at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool, (eng.), and Which Continued for Six Evenings With Unabated Interest, Compiled From Various English Editions. Also, a Brief History of His Connection With the Anti-Slavery Cause in England, by Wm. Lloyd Garrison General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1836 Original Publisher: I. Knapp Subjects: Slavery History / General History / United States / General History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) Social Science / Slavery Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Mr. THOMPSON'S LECTURE. Report of the Proceedings at the meetings of Messrs. Thompson and Borthwick held at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool, on the Evenings of August 28, 29, 30, 31, and September 6, 1832. -- From a Supplement of the Liverpool Times. It was announced last week, that Mr. George ThompSon, one of the advocates of the Anti-Slavery Societies, who has been lecturing in London, Manchester, and several other places, on the evils of slavery, would deliver a lecture on the same subject, at the Royal Amphitheatre, in this town, a place admirably suited, by its extent and accommodations, for the thousands who might naturally be expected to assemble together on a question of such vital interest and importance. We seldom remember to have seen so much interest excited on any subject, as has been exhibited by our townsmen within the last few days. As it was deemed desirable that both sides of the question should be laid before the public, after some negotiation between the West India body and the committee of the Anti-Slavery Society, it was arranged that Mr. T...