Whether I Should Get OUT of it Alive- Chapter 8

Chapter 8 opens by reinforcing the fact that an organization to form in protest of an event was quite rare, but after Clarkson this became a common idea. The group started to seem more official as they hired lawyers and met at regular times. The Quakers had a different system of running things based off their religious beliefs, but it worked. Clarkson embarked on several journeys around Britain, preaching his knowledge to whoever would hear it. Sometimes it seemed as though he was in a great deal of danger but this would not stop him from pursuing his goal. Clarkson’s determination was too strong to let him get pushed around. Clarkson’s greatest resource became doctors that travel on the slave ships, as they were educated as well as a primary source. Also, Clarkson was able to preach to a filled church and left the audience with this message from Exodus “thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Hochschild 120).