1851 THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON. Important Abolitionist Memoir by Friend & Successor to William Wilberforce. Bible He ruled his own house

He ruled his own house well & His children arise up and call him blessed

bright example with the slightest smudge to the very top of the card at the right

he was approached about the possibility of being employed on a missionary in Maine [1807] by the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America

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1851 THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON. Important Abolitionist Memoir by Friend & Successor to William Wilberforce. Bible He ruled his own houseA beautifully preserved example of the Memoirs of Thomas Fowell Buxton [1786 1845]. A long time Christian philanthropist, he married into an influential Quaker family. His sister in law was Elizabeth Fry, and he joined the Gurney and Fry families in their advocacy against child labor, for trafficked women prostitutes, for prison reform and, above, all, toward the abolition of slavery. He became an MP and fast friends with William Wilberforce. When