"Slavery" a poem that jolted the British Empire - Hacking Abolition (3)

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For Hannah More, slavery was sin. The acknowledgement of evil and humanity's propensity to harm others shaped her view of why slavery existed in the first place. 

Understanding this part of More's worldview is essential and challenges any modern day abolitionist to consider their view of the root causes of injustice in our age. 

In Part 3 of my exploration of Hacking Abolition, I look at the origin and advent of More's poem Slavery which jolted the Bri...