Rt Rev Beilby Porteus, DD, Bishop of Chester and London (May 8, 1731 – May 13, 1809) was an Anglican reformer and leading abolitionist. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery.
Born: May 8th, 1731
Died: May 13th, 1809
Categories: English people, Bishops, Abolitionists, 1800s deaths
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He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
Teach him how to live, And, oh still harder lesson! how to die.
War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.
One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.