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In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest…

Quote byJohn Wesley · 1703–1791

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Journal (12 February 1772) after reading Some historical accounts of Guinea by Anthony Benezet.

English (original)

In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker, on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade.

— John Wesley

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