Olaudah Equiano

Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded

📅 22 Mei 1787

A cross-confessional abolitionist committee was founded in London. Its campaign used petitions, print, testimony and consumer organizing. It helped build public pressure, while enslaved people’s...

London abolitionists form the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

📅 22 Mei 1787

A small group of activists founded the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Its campaign used petitions, testimony, publications, and consumer organizing, and relied heavily on...

Wilberforce makes a major parliamentary case against the slave trade

📅 12 Mei 1789

William Wilberforce addressed the House of Commons in support of ending Britain’s slave trade. Parliamentary advocacy drew on a much wider campaign: Black testimony, petitions, boycotts, organizing by...