Roscoe for ever!!
An edition of Roscoe for ever!! (1807)
lines written extempore for two gentlemen canvassing for the above named, late, worthy, and humane member for Liverpool in order to secure his re-election to serve in the ensuing Parliament
By William Cowdroy
Publish Date
1807
Publisher
Cowdroy, printer, Gazette-Office
Language
eng
Pages
-
Description:
Broadside canvassing support for William Roscoe for the 1807 Parliamentary election. Roscoe was a vocal abolitionist who had been elected to the House of Commons in 1806 as M.P. for Liverpool. As a member of the 1806 Parliament Roscoe participated in the vote on the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade (successfully passed in the House of Commons on 22 February 1807, 283 votes to 16; the law went into effect on May 1st, 1807).
subjects: Poetry, Abolitionists, Elections, 1807, Great Britain. Parliament
People: William Roscoe (1753-1831)
Places: Great Britain