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William Roscoe
William Roscoe (From the painting by Sir Martin Archer
Shee in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool)
William Roscoe was born in Liverpool in 1753 and died in Liverpool in 1831. He was a poet,
philanthropist, botanist, art collector, historian, MP, slave trade abolitionist,
entrepreneur and biographer. The list goes on and on. He had many friends and he was
a friend of many. He has been hailed as one of Liverpool's greatest son's, I think he was
the greatest.
I first became interested with Roscoe when I attended junior school; we were studying The
Slave Trade. The class I was in was taken to the Liverpool Museum in William Brown Street.
There, we were shown atrocities that happened both ashore and on those slave ships to the
black African people. We also learned about how William Roscoe fought for the abolition of
the Slave Trade along with William Wilberforce and many other human rights activists. When
I returned home I told my Grandfather about it and he told me that I was related to
William Roscoe. Ever since he told me that I have been curious to find anything
about my famous ancestor. I regard him as a fascinating man in any case, regardless
of the family connection.
If there is anyone who would like to contact me regarding William Roscoe then please do
so.
I have included some links to sight which may be of interest to people who are also interested in William Roscoe.
http://home.clara.net/ronsmith/livbef19.htm
http://www.umsl.edu/~english/swethman.htm
http://library.utoronto.ca/www/utel/rp/poems/roscoe1.html <
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