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It was the ordinary unremarkable life [] a life of academic brilliance, certainly, but only in a very narrow professional field that is really of little interest to laymen. And that would be that – apart from the strange fact that during these years when ‘nothing happened’ he wrote two books which have become world best-sellers, books that have captured the imagination and influenced millions.

"When the twelve-man abolition committee first gathered in May 1787, the handful of people in Britain who openly called for an end to slavery were regarded as oddballs, or at best as hopelessly idealistic. Yet in less than a year something unprecedented burst into being. Britons were challenging slavery in London debating societies, in provincial pubs, and across dinner tables throughout the country."

"The slave trade had increased to unparalleled levels, bringing prosperity to key ports, including London .
How to begin the massive job of changing public opinion? Furthermore, nineteen out of twenty Englishmen, and all English women were not allowed to vote.

Without this most basic of rights themselves, could they be roused to care about the rights of other people, of a different skin colour, an ocean away?"

Oh noooo this book is not what I expected it's so general. I won't be finishing it I guess I was expecting something more 'bobs and bolts' kind of book...