William Forster
Deceased Person
1784 – 1854
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Who was William Forster?
William Forster was a preacher, Quaker elder and a fervent abolitionist. He was an early member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839. It was William and Stephen Grellet who introduced Elizabeth Fry to her life's work with prisons, but it was William's brother, Josiah, who accompanied Fry on her tour and inspection of prisons in France.
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- Born
- Mar 23, 1784
Tottenham - Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- Jan 27, 1854
Friendsville
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on July 23, 2013
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