Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded
1787 · Event
Twelve men — nine Quakers, plus Clarkson and Granville Sharp — meet in a London printing shop and invent the modern pressure campaign: petitions, boycotts, eyewitness evidence, a logo.
On these timelines: Slavery & Abolition, Master, British Empire, England, United Kingdom (combined)
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