In freedom fostered, and by fortune fed. Yes, empire may revolve, give them the day, And yoke may yoke, and blood may blood repay. In 1788 the anti-slavery movement was at its peak. In Afric scourged, in Rome was deified. Before being converted, Newton had been the captain of a slave ship.
Minds are never to be sold.
Wasting towns, plantations, meadows, Are the voice with which he speaks. Till some reason ye shall find Worthier of regard and stronger Than the colour of our kind. Not all artists and writers supported the abolitionist movement, however. Click for a cartoon lampooning the movement. For a later, hostile response to the movement, click Piozzi .