Philanthropy
Do-gooders in 1790s London
A bid to end slavery
Aug 26th 2010
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England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales were awash with do-gooders and philanthropists, as was their wont, and by extension Canada and the United States where people follow suit. That's what made Britain great! Can't say the same for the rest of the world where people have common disdain for one another instead of mutual respect.
At least one family of the "Clapham do-gooders" continued their assistance to ex-slaves of Haiti after the successful revolution. King Henry Christophe's queen, Marie-Louise resided there after fleeing Haiti in 1820 in the wake of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Haiti by Boyer. She changed her residence to Pisa for warmth, and was greatly moved by a visit several years later by one of her former neighbors. British abolitionists played significant roles in St.-Domingue Haiti for many decades.