Chapter 16

In Chapter 16 of Hochschild's book Bury the Chains, he writes about the progression of the abolitionists and how they were hoping for a victory. There is new character introduced in this chapter, William Dickinson. A young man with great influence was asked by the abolition committee to help with the current movement. Furthermore, there is a revolt that ultimately caused the raising of the price of sugar. Parliament agrees to a debate and came to the decision to decrease the movement of slavery. They were settling on this agreement, however the bill did not end up getting passed. The antislavery movement slowed down and Clarkson becomes rather sick which was also a factor to why the movement did not progress.