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Thomas Clarkson
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Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Born on 28th of March 1760
Died on 28th of September 1846

Born 1760. Died 1846 - English antislavery campaigner.


Educated at St John’s College, Cambridge. With William Wilberforce and Granville Sharp formed an antislavery society in 1787. Campaigned for abolition of slavery in the colonies.

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