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REPLY1851

Clergy sold for Slaves

By WALDEGRAVE BREWSTER. (Hawarden, Flints)

Walker says: "Mr. Dugdale, in relating the same matter, adds that Rigby not only exposed them to sale, but *found purchasers* also; and what is more, had actually contracted with two merchants for them; and for that reason moved it twice (in the House, as I understand him) that they might be disposed of."

Topics: Slavery, Merchants, Parliamentary Proceedings