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  2. David Barclay of Youngsbury - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Alexander Barclay (Jamaica) - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Barclay (c. 1784 – 30 October 1864) was a Scottish politician, planter, slave trader and author who served as a member of the House of Assembly of Jamaica. Born in Aberdeen , he immigrated to the British colony of Jamaica , where he became a member of the planter class .

  4. SparkNotes - Wikipedia

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    Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.

  5. African-American literature - Wikipedia

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    African American literature has both been influenced by the great African diasporic heritage [7] and shaped it in many countries. It has been created within the larger realm of post-colonial literature, although scholars distinguish between the two, saying that "African American literature differs from most post-colonial literature in that it is written by members of a minority community who ...

  6. David and Frederick Barclay - Wikipedia

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    On 28 March 2012, BBC Radio 4 dedicated part of its Today programme to analysis of the Barclay brothers' role in Sark. [41] It reported that the islanders were protesting against bullying and intimidation by representatives of the Barclays after a story in their local paper had prompted the only doctor to leave the island.

  7. Elizabeth Fry - Wikipedia

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    Her mother, Catherine, was a member of the Barclay family, who were among the founders of Barclays Bank. Her mother died when Elizabeth was twelve years old. As one of the oldest girls in the family, Elizabeth was partly responsible for the care and education of the younger children, including her brother Joseph John Gurney, a philanthropist.

  8. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Saturday ... - AOL

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    Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #447 on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Saturday, August 31, 2024 The New York Times

  9. Susanna Rowson - Wikipedia

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    She also wrote against slavery. Rowson was the author of the 1791 novel Charlotte Temple , the most popular best-seller in American literature until Harriet Beecher Stowe 's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published serially in 1851–1852, and authored the first human geography textbook Rowson's Abridgement of Universal Geography in 1805.