Buxton to George Thompson, inviting him to Northrepps and explaining that since he had recently been so involved with the African matter, he was ignorant of the views of their friends about the question of slavery in India and, for that reason, he thought that any opinion he might express should not be given too much significance; he wished the Committee to know this, 21 Mar 1839
Notes by Sarah Buxton record that the Aborigines Committee was at that time considering the separation of the question of Indian slavery from its other concerns and that Thompson did not, in the end, visit Buxton. (Copy.)
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