Chapter 8 - Respect

While the chapter as a whole commented on many different aspects of the quest to abolish slavery, I would like to comment on a few points specifically.  First, I found it interesting how there was such a difference of writing style between the Quakers and the non-Quakers.  It is unfortunate that a difference in language hindered the ability to convey a message that regardless of dialect, affected everyone at the time.  And to have a non-Quaker sign the documents to encourage non-Quaker's to read it pathetic.  People should have listened to each other despite their differences and this could have helped stop slavery more quickly.  Because Granville Sharp (the non-Quaker) was signing the documents, he received full credit for the efforts, even though the Quakers were the real driving forces.  I also found this interesting - "any man - or woman - in a Quaker meeting could stand up and speak."  For this time period, allowing women to express their own ideas in a public forum was very radical.  I think the heart of this chapter is located in the fact that the Quakers were not respected as they should have been.