You Are at a Public Lecture in 1764 in England

question 264

Multiple Choice

You are at a public lecture in 1764 in England. The speaker argues that imprisonment must replace torture and capital punishment as the standard form of punishment. Who is the likely speaker?

• A)Jeremy Bentham
• B)William Wilberforce
• C)Emmeline Pankhurst
• D)Mary Wollstonecraft

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