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John Bright

1811 - 1889

About the Author

John Bright was a Quaker and a Member of Parliament who was active with Richard Cobden in opposing the Corn Laws and the war against Russia in the Crimea.

In The Library:

• introduction: The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882 (1881)
• author: Selected Speeches of the Rt. Hon. John Bright M.P. On Public Questions (1853)
• editor: Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, 2 vols. (1870)
• editor: Speeches on Questions of Public Policy. Vol. 1 (Free Trade and Finance) (1870)
• editor: Speeches on Questions of Public Policy. Vol. 2 (War, Peace, and Reform) (1870)