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David Barclay of Youngsbury (1729–1809), also known as David Barclay of Walthamstow or David Barclay of Walthamstow and Youngsbury, [1] was an English Quaker merchant, banker, and philanthropist. He is notable for an experiment in "gratuitous manumission ", in which he freed the slaves on his Jamaican plantation and arranged for better ...
The novel was the No.1 bestselling novel of 1910 in the United States. [3] The enduring popularity of the book was such that more than twenty-five years later, Sunday Circle magazine serialized the story and in 1926 the prominent French playwright Alexandre Bisson adapted the book as a three-act play for the Parisian stage.
The novel follows Wilfred Barclay, an alcoholic and middle-aged writer trapped in an unhappy marriage, and his conflict with Rick Tucker, a young professor determined to write Barclay's biography. Barclay tries to escape Tucker’s attention by fleeing to Europe.
The Mistress of Shenstone is a 1910 romance novel by the British writer Florence L. Barclay. [1] [2] It was published in London and New York City by Putnam's. [3]Barclay had enjoyed great success with her previous novel The Rosary which topped the annual Publishers Weekly bestsellers list.
The Barclay family were connected with slavery, both as proponents and opponents. David and Alexander Barclay were engaged in the slave trade in 1756. [ 15 ] David Barclay of Youngsbury (1729–1809), on the other hand, was a noted abolitionist , and Verene Shepherd , the Jamaican historian of diaspora studies , singles out the case of how he ...
PragerU video draws backlash for depicting Frederick Douglass in an animation calling slavery a compromise between the Founding Fathers and the Southern colonies for the benefit of the U.S.
The Rosary is a novel by Florence L. Barclay. [1] It was first published in 1909 by G.P. Putnam's Sons and was a bestselling novel for many years running, reaching the number one spot in 1910.
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