1836 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. Scathing Rebuke of "Moderate" Clergy on Issue of Slavery.

1836 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. Important Notes on American Slavery in Dialogue with British Abolitionist, George Thompson. A very important early effort by British Abolitionist, George Thompson, shortly after the successful efforts of William Wilberforce, to utilize the success of English abolitionism to exert influence on American slavery. In the Thompson / Breckenridge discussion, pressure is exerted on American abolitionists in general and on clergy, especially Southern Clergy [Breckenridge was of Kentucky] to use the pulpit to preach against something that was so manifestly both a personal and a community sin against God and humanity, etc.,  Garrison’s notes, which at times take up more of the page than the original discussion, are dripping with sarcasm against Breckenridge’s “moderating” position on the issue of abolition, etc., A fascinating document intersecting British abolitionism, American radical abolitionism, and “moderate” clergy. Garrison, William Lloyd. Discussion on Amer