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Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) 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 (also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and helped achieve passage of the Slave ...
Thomas Clarkson è stato un attivista britannico, sostenitore dell'abolizione della tratta degli schiavi.
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Thomas Clarkson (born March 28, 1760, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Eng.—died Sept. 26, 1846, Ipswich, Suffolk) was an abolitionist, one of the first effective publicists of the English movement against the slave trade and against slavery in the colonies.
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Thomas Clarkson, an English abolitionist born on 28th March 1760, left an indelible mark on British history through his tireless efforts to end the abhorrent practice of the transatlantic slave trade.
Agitatore antischiavista inglese (Wisbech 1760 - Ipswich 1846). Fondò nel 1787 il primo comitato per l'abolizione del commercio degli schiavi, e, aiutato dal deputato Wilberforce, promosse alla Camera dei Comuni una discussione sull'argomento.
Thomas Clarkson was a leading activist in Britain against the transatlantic slave trade. He helped found the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade and was a main force in bringing about the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which legally ended British trade in enslaved Africans.
