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.

Aliases (7)

1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention ×1
1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London ×1
Anti-Slavery International ×1
Anti-Slavery Reporter ×1
Anti-Slavery Society ×1
World Anti-Slavery Convention ×1
World Anti-Slavery Convention (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 →
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	1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention → World Anti-Slavery Convention →
politicalActivity	influenced British foreign policy on slavery → lobbied British Parliament →
publication	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	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 (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy → Thomas Fowell Buxton →	associatedWith
Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society ("Anti-Slavery Society") → Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society ("Anti-Slavery International") →	hasSuccessor
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ("World Anti-Slavery Convention") → British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ("1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention") →	organized
Joseph Sturge →	founded
Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society →	hasPredecessor
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 →	keySupporter
Lucretia Mott ("World Anti-Slavery Convention (1840)") →	participantIn
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ("Anti-Slavery Reporter") →	publication
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ("1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London") →	significantEvent