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Thomas Clarkson
History of Great Britain
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| | 1787 | Committee Abolition of the Slave Trade | |
| The Quaker members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade recognise their need for influence within Parliament and urge Clarkson to secure an immediate commitment from Wilberforce that he would bring forward the case for abolition in |
| 1787 | Slavery | |
| The Quaker members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade recognise their need for influence within Parliament and urge Clarkson to secure an immediate commitment from Wilberforce that he would bring forward the case for abolition in |
| Thomas Clarkson, already convinced of his God-given mission, calls upon Wilberforce at Old Palace Yard with a copy of his Essay on Slavery, the first time the two men had met, and a collaboration was formed which was to last over fifty years |
| 1789 | Slavery | |
| 12th May Wilberforce draws on Thomas Clarkson's evidence in the Commons, he describes in detail the appalling conditions in which slaves travelled from Africa |
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