The issue of slavery is a constant in Maria Edgeworth's
thinking about questions of government, from the beginning of her
writing career until the 1820s and 30s. In this paper, Susan Manly
discusses the multiple elements to this seam of thinking, and in
particular examines the importance of the reformist thinker Jeremy
Bentham and his French interlocutor Étienne Dumont.
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