British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society

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abolitionist organization non-governmental organization

The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was a 19th-century British abolitionist organization dedicated to ending slavery and the slave trade worldwide through political advocacy, public campaigning, and international cooperation.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society canonical	7
Anti-Slavery Society	3
World Anti-Slavery Convention (1840)	2
1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention	1
1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London	1
Anti-Slavery International	1
Anti-Slavery Reporter	1
World Anti-Slavery Convention	1
World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist organization ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ
collaboratedWith	American abolitionists ⓘ European reformers ⓘ French abolitionists ⓘ
country	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfWork	anti-slavery activism ⓘ anti–slave trade campaigning ⓘ human rights ⓘ
focus	ending slavery in Africa ⓘ ending slavery in colonies of European powers ⓘ ending slavery in the Americas ⓘ ending the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
foundedBy	British abolitionists ⓘ Joseph Sturge ⓘ
ideology	abolitionism ⓘ
inception	1839 ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mergedInto	Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society ⓘ
opposed	apprenticeship system in the British colonies ⓘ slave trade ⓘ slavery in Brazil ⓘ slavery in Cuba ⓘ slavery in the British Empire ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
organized	British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: World Anti-Slavery Convention
politicalActivity	influenced British foreign policy on slavery ⓘ lobbied British Parliament ⓘ
publication	British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Anti-Slavery Reporter
purpose	abolition of slavery worldwide ⓘ abolition of the slave trade ⓘ international cooperation against slavery ⓘ political advocacy against slavery ⓘ public campaigning against slavery ⓘ
religiousOrientation	Quaker-influenced ⓘ
significantEvent	British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
usedMedium	lobbying of Parliament ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ petitions ⓘ public meetings ⓘ
usedStrategy	diplomatic pressure ⓘ moral suasion ⓘ public opinion campaigns ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → keySupporter → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → organized → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Anti-Slavery Convention

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → organized → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → significantEvent → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → publication → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anti-Slavery Reporter

Thomas Fowell Buxton → associatedWith → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society → hasPredecessor → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society → hasSuccessor → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anti-Slavery Society

Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society → hasSuccessor → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anti-Slavery International

Joseph Sturge → founded → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

Lucretia Mott → participantIn → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Anti-Slavery Convention (1840)

The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy → associatedWith → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

British abolitionist movement → hasKeyOrganization → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anti-Slavery Society

British abolitionist movement → hasKeyOrganization → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → collaboratedWith → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society → participatedIn → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840

Charles Lenox Remond → spokeAt → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Anti-Slavery Convention (1840)

Anti-Slavery Reporter → associatedWith → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anti-Slavery Society