▁ 1 7 9 0 , ▁D issent ers ▁had ▁been ▁attempting ▁to ▁conv ince ▁Parliament ▁to ▁repe al ▁the ▁Test ▁and ▁Corporation ▁Act s , ▁which ▁limited ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁of ▁D issent ers . ▁After ▁the ▁repe al ▁was ▁voted ▁down ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁time , ▁Bar ba uld ▁burst ▁onto ▁the ▁public ▁stage ▁after ▁" n ine ▁years ▁of ▁silence ". ▁Her ▁highly ▁charged ▁pam ph let ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁a ▁bit ing ▁and ▁sar cast ic ▁tone . ▁It ▁opens , ▁" We ▁thank ▁you ▁for ▁the ▁compl iment ▁paid ▁the ▁D issent ers , ▁when ▁you ▁suppose ▁that ▁the ▁moment ▁they ▁are ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁places ▁of ▁power ▁and ▁profit , ▁all ▁such ▁places ▁will ▁at ▁once ▁be ▁filled ▁with ▁them ." ▁She ▁arg ues ▁that ▁D issent ers ▁des erve ▁the ▁same ▁rights ▁as ▁any ▁other ▁men : ▁" We ▁claim ▁it ▁as ▁men , ▁we ▁claim ▁it ▁as ▁citizens , ▁we ▁claim ▁it ▁as ▁good ▁subjects ." ▁Moreover , ▁she ▁cont ends ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁precisely ▁the ▁isol ation ▁forced ▁on ▁D issent ers ▁by ▁others ▁that ▁marks ▁them ▁out , ▁not ▁anything ▁inher ent ▁in ▁their ▁form ▁of ▁worship . ▁Finally , ▁appe aling ▁to ▁British ▁patri ot ism , ▁she ▁maintain s ▁that ▁the ▁French ▁cannot ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁out strip ▁the ▁English ▁in ▁extending ▁liberty . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁year , ▁after ▁one ▁of ▁William ▁Wil ber force ' s ▁many ▁efforts ▁to ▁suppress ▁the ▁slave ▁trade ▁failed ▁to ▁pass ▁Parliament