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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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 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt St John's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Clarkson
fieldOfWork anti-slavery campaigning
human rights activism
fullName Thomas Clarkson
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, 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
Thoughts on the African Slave Trade


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