| LC control no. | n 50038536 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846 |
| Variant(s) | Clarkson, T. (Thomas), 1760-1846 Clarkson, M. (Thomas), 1760-1846 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1760-03-28 |
| Death date | 1846-09-26 |
| Place of birth | Wisbech (England) |
| Place of death | Suffolk (England) |
| Field of activity | Slavery--Africa--History |
| Affiliation | Anti-Slavery International |
| Profession or occupation | Abolitionists Authors |
| Found in | An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade, 1788. Thoughts on the necessity of improving the conditions of slaves in the British colonies ... 1824: t.p. (T. Clarkson, Esq.) DNB (Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846) MdU/G-K files (usage: M. Clarkson) Wikipedia, March 21, 2014 (Thomas Clarkson (March 28, 1760 (Wisbech, England) - 26 September 1846 (Playford, Suffolk, England)) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire; founded The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which ended British trade in slavery; the key speaker at the Anti-Slavery Society (today known as Anti-Slavery International) conference in London, which campaigned to end slavery in other countries, 1840) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Clarkson> |
| Associated language | eng |
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