Chapters 8/9 and Views

In chapter 8 and 9 of Bury the Chains, Adam Hochschild brings us into the start of the abolitionist movement. This start was created by people enlisting behind Clarkson. Everyone wanted to be apart of this movement due to the fact everyone finally realized how wrong the slave trade was. Clarkson had the Quakers to enlist first and then it moved on to fellow sailors, clergymen and of coarse the slaves themselves. People who weren't in the slave trade just average citizens started to speak out too against the movement. Finally someone got the abolitionist movement started. Britain however didn't want the abolishment of the slaves due to the money they are making off of it. Clarkson continued to go around to find out the condition of the slave ships. He wanted to fully expose this market and get rid of it through the support of his "enlisted"members. Another big factor was the newspapers, they were able to quickly spread the word. Another big fact was the fact that John Newton and his ally was on the abolitionist side. Newton wrote a pamphlet about the horrors of the slave trade. With a name like John Newton on your side will create a heavy pull to the side of abolishment. 

The way that i view this is as big as the upset the Giants had against the Patriots. When Newton went to the abolitionist side it created a huge advantage for them. With such power on one side, one tends to think that slavery will so be abolished. I know this going to take while judging by the 200 pages left in the book but i believe with Newton on their side it going to be hard for this abolishment movement to stop. They have first had accounts for what happened, how the slaves were treated how they're view as non-humans, basically mules and most important, what slave ship captains/owners treat their crew and cargo (slaves) on board. Another view i have of this is since Newton is such a holy and correct person he secretly knows who he has done and wants to completely clear his name with the people on earth and God. I think he wants to die without a thought on his mind and believe how much he helped the world get better.