Category: Slavery
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Slavery Researcher Thomas Clarkson Fuelled Wilberforce’s Abolition Campaign
The name Wilberforce will be forever associated with the abolition of Britain’s Atlantic slave trade. But what about the name Clarkson? Thomas Clarkson was the investigator whose detailed research and hard-to-get facts powered William Wilberforce’s political campaigns and led to Britain’s historic anti-slavery legislation. It’s a terrific story. Click. Read.