Thomas Clarkson

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Thomas Clarkson was a leading British abolitionist whose tireless research, activism, and organizing were crucial to ending the transatlantic slave trade.

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Thomas Clarkson canonical 22

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

Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade ⓘ
surface form: Thoughts on the African Slave Trade

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Slave Trade Act 1807 → keySupporter → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Wisbech → hasNotableResident → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Clapham Sect → hasMember → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Thomas Clarkson → fullName → Thomas Clarkson self-link ⓘ
Granville Sharp → influenced → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Clarkson → hasNotableBearer → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
the Saints → hasMember → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
James Ramsay → influenced → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Playford, Suffolk, England → burialPlaceOf → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Playford, Suffolk, England → wasHomeOf → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Playford, Suffolk, England → hasMemorialTo → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
John Clarkson → sibling → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
John Clarkson → relative → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Zong massacre → significantFigure → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
Buxton Memorial Fountain → honours → Thomas Clarkson ⓘ