The Battle Against Slavery: The Untold Story of How a Group of Yorkshire Radicals Began the War to End the Slave Trade

The story of Rev. William Turner's 1776 abolitionist movement in the West Riding of Yorkshire and its effect on the rest of England—and the world.

The Battle Against Slavery charts the story of Rev. Turner, members of his congregation, and the Rev. Christopher Wyvilla in their bid to abolish slavery both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Such became the influence of the West Riding radicals, whose Unitarian beliefs were illegal in Britain, that the general election of 1806 in Yorkshire was f...