Thomas Clarkson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 178 years ago |
Date of birth | March 28,1760 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Wisbech |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | September 26,1846 |
Died | Suffolk |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Catherine Buck |
Nationality | English |
Education | Wisbech Grammar School |
University of Cambridge | |
St John's College | |
St Paul's Juniors | |
Siblings | John Clarkson |
Founded | Society For Effecting The Abolition Of The Slave Trade |
Anti-Slavery International | |
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ID | 418800 |
Thomas Clarkson Life story
Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended British trade in slaves.