Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist. He helped start the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.[1]
Thomas Clarkson | |
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 Thomas Clarkson by Carl Frederik von Breda, painting in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| Born | 28 March 1760 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Died | 26 September 1846 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Abolitionism |
Thomas Clarkson Media
Plan of the slave ship Brookes, carrying 454 slaves after the Slave Trade Act 1788. Previously it had transported 609 slaves and was 267 tons burden, making 2.3 slaves per ton.
Print of Clarkson, circa 1840, after Henry Room; on the scroll is "Slavery abolished; Jamaica; August 1st 1838" (the date the 'apprenticeships' of former slaves ended)
The Clarkson Memorial, Wisbech
Anastatic print of Clarkson a few weeks before he died drawn by William Dillwyn Sims
Clarkson's Memorial in Playford churchyard
Wall monument to Clarkson in Playford church, carved by Hamo Thornycroft (1877)
The Clarkson family graves at Playford
References
- ↑ Clarkson, Thomas 1808. The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the slave–trade by the British Parliament. Philadelphia: James P. Parke.
