About this Book

Explains the mechanisms by which the unprecedented popular support for black people was organized and orchestrated and contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain. Focuses on the rising assertiveness of the middle classes in the public sphere and their growing influence on parliamentary politics from outside Westminster. A separate chapter reconsiders the role of Thomas Clarkson. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.