After Emancipation: Thomas Fowell Buxton and Evangelical Politics in the 1830s
After Emancipation: Thomas Fowell Buxton and Evangelical Politics in the 1830s
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解放后：托马斯·福威尔·巴克斯顿和 1830 年代的福音派政治
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10.1111/j.1750-0206.2007.00015.x
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2008
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0.2
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Richard R. Follett
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作者：
Richard R. Follett
1833 年《解放奴隶法》正式废除大英帝国的奴隶制后，人们发现反奴隶制联盟比许多人想象的还要脆弱。改革以及之前消除异见者和天主教徒残疾的措施所带来的期望，使反奴隶制阵营中的各个分子走向了不同的方向。这种努力的分裂对于议会中的福音派来说尤其如此。在接下来的四年里，反奴隶制领袖托马斯·福威尔·巴克斯顿（Thomas Fowell Buxton）经历了重新定位，努力在新的政治条件下理解他的优先事项。尽管涉及当时的许多问题，巴克斯顿开始关注大英帝国土著人民的困境，然后提出了结束非洲奴隶制的建议。巴克斯顿的转变对英国福音派来说是一个更大的转变。虽然他们不能都同意济贫法律改革的好处或道德或处理爱尔兰教会问题的适当方式，但大多数人都同意英国统治下的人民应该受到保护，特别是如果它为进一步的传教活动开辟了道路。到 1840 年，巴克斯顿的努力为许多具有不同政治倾向的人提供了一套概念和议程。在国内，英国的福音派团体可能在哪些政策和计划最有利于他们的文明方面存在分歧。但他们都同意，英国日益壮大的帝国需要以促进基督教和商业的方式进行指导，从而促进“文明”的传播。
After the Emancipation Act of 1833 officially abolished slavery in the British empire, it became clear that the anti-slavery coalition was even more tenuous than many had believed. The expectations created by reform, and by the previous measures removing disabilities on dissenters and catholics, sent the various elements within the anti-slavery camp in different directions. This splintering of efforts was especially true of evangelicals in parliament. During the next four years, the anti-slavery leader, Thomas Fowell Buxton, went through a reorientation as he worked to make sense of his priorities under new political conditions. Although involved with many issues of the day, Buxton came to focus on the plight of aboriginal peoples in the British empire and then formulated his proposals to end African slavery. Buxton's shift represents a larger one for evangelicals in England. While they could not all agree on the benefits or morality of poor law reform or the appropriate way to handle the Irish Church question, most could agree that the peoples coming under British rule should have their rights protected, especially if it opened a way for further missionary activity. By 1840, Buxton's efforts provided a set of concepts and an agenda for many people of otherwise diverse political bent. Domestically, the evangelical communities in Britain might disagree on what policy and programmes served their civilisation best; but they all agreed that Britain's growing empire needed to be directed in a way that promoted christianity and commerce, and hence the spread of �civilisation�.