Historical person
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Thomas Clarkson, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
The Quaker members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade recognise their need for influence within Parliament and urge Clarkson to secure an immediate commitment from Wilberforce that he would bring forward the case for abolition in.
This record states: Thomas Clarkson, already convinced of his God-given mission, calls upon Wilberforce at Old Palace Yard with a copy of his Essay on Slavery, the first time the two men had met, and a collaboration was formed which.
This record states: was to last over fifty years.
Clarkson gathers evidence in Bristol against the slave trade.
Wilberforce draws on Thomas Clarksons evidence in the Commons, he describes in detail the appalling conditions in which slaves travelled from Africa
Abolitionist
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