Thomas Clarkson
Politician
1760 – 1846
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Who was Thomas Clarkson?
Thomas Clarkson, was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which ended British trade in slaves. In his later years Clarkson campaigned for the abolition of slavery worldwide. In 1840, he was the key speaker at the Anti-Slavery Society conference in London, which campaigned to end slavery in other countries.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1760
Wisbech - Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- St John's College, Cambridge
- Wisbech Grammar School
- University of Cambridge
- Lived in
- Suffolk
- Died
- Sep 26, 1846
Playford, Suffolk
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on July 23, 2013
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