Follow Thomas Clarkson through 5 dated historical records for Great Britain.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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.
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.
was to last over fifty years.
Clarkson gathers evidence in Bristol against the slave trade.
Role range: 1787-1807
Wilberforce draws on Thomas Clarksons evidence in the Commons, he describes in detail the appalling conditions in which slaves travelled from Africa
Role range: 1763-1809
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