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Slave Trade Evidence

Great Britain · Politics / Abolitionism. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1788Date range
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Chronological records

1788

Thomas Clarkson1788

Bristol · Politics / Abolitionism

Clarkson gathers evidence in Bristol against the slave trade.

Names involved

Thomas Clarkson

Provenance

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