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  • Henry Brougham

    Played a role in persuading the House of Lords to pass the 1832 Reform Act. He was also responsible for the passing of the 1833 Anti-Slavery Act.

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  • Charles Fox

    Foreign secretary that made a speech in favour of the Abolition of the Slave Trade bill in the House of Commons on 10th June 1806.

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  • William Wilberforce

    In 1787, founded the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Also led the campaign in the House of Commons, which tried to persuade the House of Lords to stop slavery.

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  • Richard Sheridan

    Member of the Whigs that supported the House of Commons on the slave trade campaign.

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  • Josiah Wedgwood

    Founder of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

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  • Thomas Clarkson

    Published the book titled History of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade. Also founded the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery.

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  • Granville Sharp

    Founder of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. In 1787 he published his pamphlet, A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition.

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  • Thomas Fowell Buxton

    Founded the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery. Also became the leader of the campaign in the House of Commons, 1825.

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  • Anti-Slavery Movement

    Formed by Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson, which induded to the creation of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Influential figures such as John Wesley and Josiah Wedgwood also gave their support to the campaign.

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  • Joseph Gurney

    Foreigner that campaigned against slavery, that was in favor of world peace and the abolition of capital punishment.

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  • Edward Pease

    Member of the Society of Friends that supported the Anti-Slavery movement.

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  • Elizabeth Heyrick

    Author that published in 1824, a pamphlet titled Immediate not Gradual Abolition, which argued in favour of the immediate emancipation of the slaves in the British colonies.

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  • Mary Lloyd

    Brief entry about Mary Lloyd, née Honeychurch, born at Falmouth in 1795.

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  • Elizabeth Pease

    Published a pamphlet titled Address to the Women of Great Britain, where they urged women to organise female anti-slavery associations.

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  • Anne Knight

    Known for starting a campaign advocating equal rights for women. She was also involved in the Quaker attempt to end slavery.

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