Record

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/2/663
Title	William Dickson to James Beattie from Perth
Date	4 February 1792
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	William Dickson (1751 - fl 1815), anti-slavery campaigner. Secretary to Governor of Barbados c. 1771. Author of Letters on Slavery (1789). Toured Scotland to encourage anti-slavery campaign in 1792. DD Marsichal College 1792.
Description	Touring Scotland to collect sense of people concerning African slave-trade. Hopes to meet Beattie. Has letter from a most distinguished promoter of abolition [Wilberforce]
Access Status	Open

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