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instanceOf
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British abolitionist
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abolitionist
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human
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advocatedFor
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abolition of the British transatlantic slave trade
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improvement of conditions for enslaved Africans
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buriedIn
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St Mary’s Churchyard, Playford, Suffolk
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coFounded
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Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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collected
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testimonies from sailors and ship surgeons about slave ships
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countryOfCitizenship
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Kingdom of Great Britain
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dateOfBirth
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1760-03-28
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dateOfDeath
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1846-09-26
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describedBySource
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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educatedAt
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St John's College, Cambridge
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familyName
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Clarkson
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fieldOfWork
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anti-slavery campaigning
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human rights activism
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fullName
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Thomas Clarkson
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genre
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non-fiction
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givenName
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Thomas
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hasNotableRelative
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John Clarkson
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influenced
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British public opinion on slavery
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parliamentary debates on the slave trade
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knownFor
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campaigning against the transatlantic slave trade
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collecting evidence on the conditions of enslaved Africans on slave ships
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helping to secure passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807
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languageOfWorkOrName
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English
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memberOf
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Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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movement
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abolitionism
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notableWork
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An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African
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occupation
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abolitionist
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writer
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placeOfBirth
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Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
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placeOfDeath
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Playford, Suffolk, England
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religion
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Anglicanism
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sibling
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John Clarkson
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supported
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the campaign leading to the Slave Trade Act 1807
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the campaign leading to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833
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traveledThrough
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British port cities to gather evidence on the slave trade
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used
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diagrams and models of slave ships to demonstrate inhumane conditions
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workedWith
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Granville Sharp
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James Ramsay
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Olaudah Equiano
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William Wilberforce
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Zachary Macaulay
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wrote
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A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition
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An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African
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The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament
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Thoughts on the African Slave Trade
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