Description: i. The Interest of Great Britain, Respecting the French War. By William Fox. Author of An Address to the People of Great Britain, on the Propriety of Abstaining from West-India Sugar and Rum. The Third Edition, Corrected. London: Sold by T. Whieldon and Butterworth; W. Richardson; and M. Gurney, No. 128 Holborn Hill. 1793, 16 pp.ii. A Discourse on National Fasts, Particularly in Reference to that of April 19, 1793, on Occasion of the War Against France. By W. Fox. Author of the Address on abstaining from West India Sugar and Rum - Interest of Great Britain respecting the French War - Thoughts on Death of the King of France, &c. Sold by M. Gurney, No. 128, Holborn Hill, 1793, 16 pp. **Both measure 8.25 x 5.25", 8vos. In poor condition. As is. Pamphlets have been removed from a larger work, therefore binding is fragile & cording exposed. General toning and soiling to both title pages (as they are the first page of each work and have no protective end-pages or fly-leaves). Title page of pamphlet i. is detached from binding. Ink stain exhibited to page 1 of pamphlet ii. - impedes the word "becoming". Toning throughout text-blocks, with some instances of finger-soiling or age-staining. Some instances of pencil marginalia. Bindings fragile. Please see photos. William Fox was among the most prolific radical pamphleteers of the 1790s. Between 1791 and 1794, he collaborated with Martha Gurney (1733-1816) in publishing sixteen political pamphlets ranging from the abolition of the slave trade to the perversion of national fast days, from England's war with France to the government's selective redefining of the word "Jacobin." His most famous work, An Address to the People of Great Britain, on the Propriety of Refraining from the Use of West India Sugar and Rum (1791), solidified the abolitionist forces in Great Britain and America by focusing their energies on a boycott of West Indian produce, a boycott that served not only as a viable economic solution to ending the slave trade, but also, as Charlotte Susan argues, provided, through a power of "consumerism" a kind of universal suffrage for its advocates, resulting in a political campaign that bypassed Parliament and granted power directly to the people. In less than a year, Fox's Address became the most widely circulated pamphlet of the eighteenth century with more than 200,000 copies distributed in Great Britain and America. These are two political works by Fox regarding Great Britain and France & the war between them. Includes the address of Fox's bookshop in Holborn and M. Gurney. Reading copies. COLPAP-1050 01/24 - HK1131
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
Author: William Fox
Publisher: Martha Gurney
Topic: Political
Subject: British History
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