EVENT INFORMATION

22
Mei
1787

Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded

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๐Ÿ“… 22 Mei 1787 ๐Ÿ“

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 peopleโ€™s resistance and testimony remained central to the wider struggle. Abolitionist politics could challenge the trade while still leaving imperial authority and racial hierarchy largely intact.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Granville Sharp

Thomas Clarkson

Olaudah Equiano

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade