Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 - 26 September 1846), abolitionist, was born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, and became a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. Wikipedia
Octavia Hill was born in Wisbech in 1838 - a few years before the death of that other Wisbech notable, the anti-slave campaigner Thomas Clarkson. www.ely.anglican.org/about/good_and_great/ohill.html
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Thomas Clarkson was among the foremost British campaigners against both slavery and the slave trade. He was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 28 March 1760 and educated at the grammar school there where his father, the Rev. John Clarkson, was headmast www.brycchancarey.com/abolition/clarkson.htm
A website containing a wealth of archival material providing evidence of the issues, processes and people at the heart of the Uk Parliament's relationship with the slave trade. www.parliament.uk/slavetrade
... against the Slave Trade Thomas Clarkson (316kb) Dale Banham's scheme of work explores why Thomas Clarkson became so passionate about abolishing slavery and how he managed to achieve ... www.blackhistory4schools.com/slavetrade/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Thomas Clarkson. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Clarkson
