Zachary Macaulay

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Zachary Macaulay was a British colonial administrator, prominent abolitionist, and key member of the evangelical reform movement that campaigned against the transatlantic slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Zachary Macaulay canonical 5

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instanceOf abolitionist
colonial administrator
evangelical social reformer
human
advocatedFor abolition of slavery in the British Empire
rights of freed Africans in Sierra Leone
child Thomas Babington Macaulay
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
educatedAt self-educated
employer African Institution
Evangelical Magazine
surface form: Christian Observer

Sierra Leone Company
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Macaulay
fieldOfWork anti-slavery activism
colonial administration
statistics
givenName Zachary
hasRelative Colin Macaulay
Margaret Campbell Macaulay
knownFor campaigning against the transatlantic slave trade
governorship of Sierra Leone
leadership in the Clapham Sect
languageSpoken English
memberOf Clapham Sect
movement Clapham Sect
abolitionism
evangelicalism
notableWork contributions to the African Institution
editing the Christian Observer
statistical research on the slave trade
occupation abolitionist
colonial administrator
editor
statistician
placeOfBirth Inveraray
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
politicalAlignment Whiggism
surface form: British Whig tradition
positionHeld Governor of Sierra Leone
religion Anglican evangelicalism
surface form: Evangelical Anglicanism

Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence London, England
surface form: London

Sierra Leone
sexOrGender male
spouse Selina Mills
workedOn British abolition of the slave trade
collection of data on slave-trading practices
improvement of conditions for freed slaves in Sierra Leone

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Clapham Sect hasMember Zachary Macaulay
Thomas Clarkson workedWith Zachary Macaulay
the Saints hasMember Zachary Macaulay
Buxton Memorial Fountain honours Zachary Macaulay