Thomas Clarkson

Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson
	Thomas Clarkson by Carl Frederik von Breda, painting in the National Portrait Gallery
Born	28 March 1760; Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	26 September 1846 (aged 86); Playford, Suffolk, England
Nationality	English
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	Abolitionism

Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist. He helped start the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.[1]

References

Clarkson, Thomas 1808. The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the slave–trade by the British Parliament. Philadelphia: James P. Parke.

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[1] Clarkson, Thomas 1808. The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the slave–trade by the British Parliament. Philadelphia: James P. Parke.