📅 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...
📅 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...
📅 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...
