To those honest and independent freemen of Liverpool, whose noble spirit on the glorious 7th of May ought to be commemorated in letters of gold
Publisher: publisher not identified
Published: 1807
Place of publication: Liverpool?
Language: eng
Subjects: Elections; Elections, 1807; Great Britain. Parliament
Other titles: My true, honest hearties, You have proved this day that the true spirit of independence is still to be found; you have proved that all freemen are not to be bought and sold, nor gulled by the shallow artifices of the enemies to that best of men and truest of patriots, Roscoe ...
Description: Broadside supporting Roscoe as a representative for Liverpool for the 1807 Parliament. Roscoe, an abolitionist, represented Liverpool in the 1806 Parliament, which succesfully voted to abolish the slave trade (the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade went into effect on 1 May 1807). Roscoe was ill-recieved upon his return to Liverpool, in part by those who disagreed with his support in Parliament for the Slave Trade Act (Liverpool being a major port for the trans-Atlantic slave trade) as well as Catholic relief. He and his supporters who accomanied him upon his re-entry to Liverpool on 2 May 1807 were met with violence by  the opposition and one of Roscoe's supporters was killed. Roscoe withdrew from seeking re-election though his supporters nominated him and he went to the poll.
Notes: Caption title.

Signed: A friend to Church and King.

"God save the King! And success to Roscoe"--Bottom of sheet.

Purchased in 2019 with the Thomas W. Streeter Fund.