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Description: | This is the title page of Thomas Clarkson's 'Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the conditions of the Slaves in the British Colonies?.' Clarkson was one of the leading British campaigners against slavery. He was educated at Cambridge, winning an essay competition in 1785 on the subject 'Is it right to make men slaves against their wills?' In May 1787 Clarkson became one of the founding members of the Committee for Abolition of the African Slave Trade. He later became vice-president (with William Wilberforce) of the Anti-Slavery Society, which was formed in 1823 to press for the emancipation of slaves. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | Richard Taylor | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Clarkson, Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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