Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire.
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What happened to Thomas Clarkson?
In 1833, parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act, which gave all slaves in the British empire their freedom. Clarkson retired to Ipswich where he died on 26 September 1846.
Who was the main person who stopped slavery?
The people you learned about who helped bring about then end of slavery were: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln.
Which British prime minister abolished slavery?
The Bill was passed on 23 May 1806 and the stage was set for full abolition of the British trade. The Prime Minister, Lord Grenville, introduced the Slave Trade Abolition Bill in the House of Lords on 2 January 1807 for its first reading.
Was Thomas Clarkson religious?
Clarkson was converted. A deeply religious man, he claimed that God appeared to him on the road to London, demanding that he devote his life to abolishing the slave trade. He got to work right away. In June 1786, he published Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species.
Thomas Clarkson was an abolitionist, one of the first effective publicists of the English movement against the slave trade and against slavery in the ...
Thomas Clarkson was born on 28 March 1760 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. He was the son of a clergyman who also taught at the local grammar school.
Thomas Clarkson, 1760 – 1846. He was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire into the family of the Reverend John Clarkson, headmaster of the free grammar school.
Thomas Clarkson: A Biography ; Language. English ; Publisher. Hyperion Books ; ISBN-10. 185072184X ; ISBN-13. 978-1850721840 ; Item Weight, 1.1 pounds.
Thomas Clarkson: biography and bibliography - Brycchan Carey
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Thomas Clarkson was among the foremost British campaigners against both slavery and the slave trade. He was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 28 March 1760.
Abolitionist Thomas Clarkson was born on 28th March 1760 at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, son of the Reverend John Clarkson (d.1766) and Anne (Ward).
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was the leading opponent of the slave trade and slavery in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Clarkson (1760–1846) was born in Wisbech. While at Cambridge University he won a Latin essay competition on the subject of whether it was lawful to make slaves ...
Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist and one of the founders of The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
