Beilby Porteus
Beilby Porteus
Beilby Porteus, successively Bishop of Chester and of London was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 May 1731
Beilby Porteus quotes about
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Bad thoughts quickly ripen into bad actions.