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Bryan Edwards

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English politician (1743-1800)

United KingdomWritersLived 1743 to 1800 · aged 57
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Bryan Edwards, FRS was a British politician and historian from Westbury, Wiltshire. Edwards supported the Atlantic slave trade, and was described by abolitionist William Wilberforce as a powerful opponent.

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Voyage of the Sable Venus from Angola to the West Indies in Edwards' The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies V.2 (1801)Voyage of the Sable Venus from Angola to the West Indies in Edwards' The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies V.2 (1801)

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Fellow of the Royal Society

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1743 to 1800 · aged 57
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7 languages

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