But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification.

He was well known for the children's book The History of Sandford and Merton (1783–1789) which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals. Thomas Day (22 June 1748 – 28 September 1789) was a British author and abolitionist.