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Excerpt from The South Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. 17: January to October, 1918 <p>Another source of strength to the emancipation party in 1807 was also a result of the war. Ireland had been reunited to Great Britain and the Irish members given representation at Westminster. As Ireland had no share in the profits of the slave trade, the Irish members were strongly opposed to it and contributed as much as possible to its destruction. The change in ministry, which took place on the death of Pitt, was also beneficial to the cause. Pitt had always supported Wilber force, but he never made the success of emancipation one of the main objects of his policy. Fox, his successor, on the other hand, considered this subject one of prime importance, and his supporters knew that he would sacrifice power rather than fail. The changes enumerated above made it possible in 1807 to pass laws to abolish the slave trade. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.