Thomas Clarkson
English abolitionist (1760-1846)
Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist. He helped start the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.[1]
Thomas Clarkson | |
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 Thomas Clarkson by Carl Frederik von Breda, painting in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| Born | 28 March 1760 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Died | 26 September 1846 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Abolitionism |
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- ↑ Clarkson, Thomas 1808. The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the slave–trade by the British Parliament. Philadelphia: James P. Parke.
