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Clarkson, Thomas
Clarkson, Thomas (1760–1846). Anti‐slavery campaigner. Born in Wisbech (Cambs.), Clarkson was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he became concerned about slavery. In 1787 he helped found a committee for the suppression of the slave trade and lectured on abolition until his health collapsed in 1794. He resumed lecturing in 1805 until the ending of the trade in the British empire in 1807. With William Wilberforce he was a vice‐president of the Anti‐Slavery Society (founded 1823), and after the Act was carried in 1833 for the abolition of slavery in the British empire, he retained his concern for wider abolition.
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JOHN CANNON. "Clarkson, Thomas." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Clarkson, Thomas." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ClarksonThomas.html JOHN CANNON. "Clarkson, Thomas." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-ClarksonThomas.html |
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Clarkson, Thomas
Clarkson, Thomas (1760–1846) British philanthropist. A strong opponent of slavery, he became a founder member of the Committee for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. He collected much information about the trade and conditions on slave ships, which was published in a pamphlet and used by William WILBERFORCE in his parliamentary campaign for abolition. In 1807 an Act was passed prohibiting British participation in the SLAVE TRADE. In 1823 Clarkson became a leading member of the Anti-Slavery Society, which saw its efforts rewarded with the 1833 Act abolishing slavery in the British empire.
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"Clarkson, Thomas." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Clarkson, Thomas." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-ClarksonThomas.html "Clarkson, Thomas." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-ClarksonThomas.html |
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Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson 1760–1846, English abolitionist. He devoted most of his life to agitation against slavery, and the voluminous information that he gathered on the slave trade helped to influence Parliament. With William Wilberforce he shares the chief credit for the act of 1807 abolishing the British slave trade. His best-known books are a history of Parliament's abolition of the slave trade (1805) and a memoir of William Penn (1813).
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"Thomas Clarkson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Thomas Clarkson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Clarkson.html "Thomas Clarkson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Clarkson.html |
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Clarkson, Thomas
Clarkson, Thomas (1760–1846), anti-slave-trade agitator. In 1787 he was involved in the establishment of a Christian settlement for poor Blacks in Sierra Leone and, with some leading Quakers and with W. Wilberforce, he formed a group which pressed in the House of Commons for the abolition of the slave-trade in the British Empire (achieved in 1807).
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Clarkson, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Clarkson, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ClarksonThomas.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Clarkson, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ClarksonThomas.html |
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