First founded in Britain in 1823 as the 'Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions'. When slavery was abolished in British dominions the Society was refounded in 1839 as the 'British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society' to fight slavery in other nations.
A precursor was the The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, of which Thomas Clarkson was a founding member.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Anti-Slavery Society
Due to strong shadows it was only on our fourth visit that we managed to take...
Courtier to King Charles II and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge. He was an investor in, and Assistant (what we'd call Director) of, the Royal African Company, an English mercantile comp...
Writer and statesman. Born Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo in Recife, Brazil. In 1878 he began to fight against slavery through his political activity and writings. It was eventually aboli...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Brazil, USA
Anti-slavery campaigner. Â Born St James Street, Piccadilly but brought up in Romford. Â 1769 went to work in Bengal where he was one of the first to learn a number of the local languages. Â Like many...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Indian Sub-continent
Grew up in Trinidad so has been involved with Carnival from the age of 6 or 7. Came to London in 1961 and lived in the Ladbroke Grove area, moving into All Saint’s Road in 1980, opposite the Mangro...
Person, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands
Anti-slavery movement and women’s suffrage. Executive member of NUWSS. Priscilla Bright McLaren was an activist who served and linked the anti-slavery movement with the women's suffrage movement i...
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