James Stout

So, again, he's he got into like the luckiest position.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like he's one of the most incredible people who ever lived.

Now, the whole time though is his life is going well, right?

He remains troubled with the inhuman institution of slavery that had robbed him of his childhood and his family.

He knows this is still going on.

He's still angry about it.

And so he starts meeting during the times when he's back in London.

He starts meeting with and befriending some of the small number of Englishmen who oppose the institution of slavery.

Yeah.

And after reading that op-ed, he comes across this article about what's happened on the Zorg.

He's sick with horror and fury at what has happened.

I mean, it's just an awful thing.

And he has personal experience with being on those boats.

So he knows much better how awful it is than an average person reading it.

And he wants to do something.

However, he's also a practical guy.

he knows that even a freed black man has zero political power and influence in England at the time.

So if he's going to have an impact on the situation, he's going to have to be cunning about it.