Social fiction - Infusing writing with moral morsels in Hannah More's abolition work (2)

If we aim to "hack" the original abolition movement, that is, use some of their tactics in order to move the needle toward the end of modern-day slavery, then understanding how the original movement thought and approached their work will be helpful. 

We get a glimpse of Hannah More's poetics, that is, her view and approach to writing, and her worldview, how she understood her times and the world around her, by looking at her writing about her own writing.

In the preface to the 1801 publicati...