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The Crusade Against Slavery

Evangelical abolitionists have received high praise from secular commentators. For example, nineteenth-century historian W.E.H. Lecky said, "The unweary, unostentatious, and inglorious crusade of England against slavery may probably be regarded as among the three or four perfectly virtuous pages comprised in the history of nations."

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