Lectures of George Thompson: with a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick, the Pro-slavery Agent: Held at the Royal

Publisher Marketing: Title: Lectures of George Thompson: with a full report of the discussion between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick, the pro-slavery agent: held at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool (Eng.) and which continued for six evenings with unabated interest: also, a brief history of his connection with the anti-slavery cause in England. Author: George ThompsonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U. S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03435500CollectionID: CTRG00-B1685PublicationDate: 18360101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 190 p.; 20 cm Contributor Bio:  Thompson, George George Thompson nasceu em Greenwich, Inglaterra, em 1839 e morreu em Assuncao, Paraguai, em 1878 aos 36 anos de idade. Depois de completar seus estudos na Europa, imigrou para o Paraguai em 1858 aos 19 anos onde foi contratado pelo governo de Carlos Lopez que estava contratando muitos estrangeiros, em especial tecnicos ingleses, para modernizar o Paraguai. Ao eclodir a guerra em 1864, Thompson foi convocado para trabalhar nas fortificacoes de Humaita junto com o engenheiro militar austriaco, Cel. Franz Wisner von Morgenstern. Ao longo da guerra, seu bom trabalho chamou a atencao de Solano Lopez que foi promovendo-o a varios postos no exercito paraguaio, ate atingir a patente de coronel ao final da guerra. Apos a rendicao de Angostura, Thompson retornou a Inglaterra onde imediatamente publicou seu livro "War in Paraguay" que se tornou um classico da guerra. Apaixonado pelo Paraguai e seus habitantes, retornou ao pais em 1871 para ajudar na reconstrucao, onde morreu em 1878.