Which two writers condemned the presence of some fifty thousand slaves brought into England by 1771?
- A. Samuel Johnson
- B. Alexander Pope
- C. Horace Walpole
- D. Thomas Gray
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Correct answer: D. A and C only
Explanation
Johnson (who toasted 'the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies') and Walpole condemned slavery around the Somerset case (1772). Pope died in 1744 and Gray in 1771.
Note: The source key gives option 1 (A and B), which is impossible because Pope died in 1744; corrected to option 4.
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