Clarkson, Thomas
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1760 - 1846
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
"The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-021
Abstract
In Thomas Clarkson's manuscript "The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade," he describes the Quaker influence in the abolitionist movement in Britain and the parliamentary debates leading to the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The manuscript describes both the arguments in support and in opposition to abolition, and the actions of the members of the abolition movement. Volume 1 contains the early history of the abolition movement until July,...
Dates:
Undated.
Rhoads Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1033
Abstract
Nineteenth century letters and papers primarily of the Quaker Gibbons and Rhoads families, often relating to abolition and the Free Produce Association.
Dates:
1822-1955
"The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade" (digitized)
Digital Record
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-021d
Dates:
Undated.
