Joseph Sturge

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Joseph Sturge was a prominent 19th-century English Quaker, abolitionist, and social reformer who played a leading role in campaigns against slavery and for civil and political rights.

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instanceOf British pacifist
Quaker
abolitionist
human
social reformer
advocatedFor immediate abolition of slavery
improvement of conditions for the working class
peaceful political reform
universal male suffrage in Britain
burialPlace Friends' burial ground, Birmingham
causeOfDeath injuries from a carriage accident
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1793-08-02
dateOfDeath 1859-05-14
educatedAt Quaker schools
ethnicGroup English
familyName Sturge
founded British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Complete Suffrage Union
givenName Joseph
hasMonument Joseph Sturge memorial in Birmingham
knownFor advocacy of immediate, not gradual, emancipation
campaigns for civil and political rights
founding role in the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
leading role in British anti-slavery movement
opposition to the apprenticeship system after slavery abolition
peace advocacy and opposition to war
memberOf Religious Society of Friends
movement Chartism
Quaker social reform
abolitionism
peace movement
name Joseph Sturge self-link
notableWork campaign against apprenticeship system in the British colonies
campaign against slavery in the British West Indies
campaign for immediate emancipation of enslaved people
peace and anti-war activism
support for universal suffrage in Britain
occupation abolitionist
corn merchant
peace activist
social reformer
placeOfBirth Elberton, Gloucestershire, England
placeOfDeath Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
politicalAlignment radical liberal
religion Quakerism
Religious Society of Friends
residence Birmingham, United Kingdom
surface form: Birmingham, England
sexOrGender male
visited Caribbean colonies to investigate conditions after emancipation
workedIn Birmingham
West Indies

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Joseph Sturge name Joseph Sturge self-link