Talk:Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

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Question[edit]

In this article, it states that 'nine Quakers and three Anglicans'..'Thomas Clarkson, Granville Sharp, Philip Sansom. On Thomas Clarke's page, it states that the three Anglicans were Thomas Clarke, Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce. Clarification of difference would be appreciated.

William Wilberforce[edit]

To elucidate - from William Wilberforce:
Wilberforce, though involved informally, did not join the committee officially until 1791.
Fogel, Robert William (1989), Without Consent Or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery, W. W. Norton & Company, p. 211, ISBN 978-0393312195
Oldfield 2007, pp. 40–41
- from Abolitionism
As Dissenters, Quakers were not eligible to become British MPs in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, so the Anglican evangelist William Wilberforce was persuaded to become the leader of the parliamentary campaign.
--User:Brenont (talk) 13:23, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

image not that of the medallion[edit]

Strictly speaking the picture claiming to be the medallion isn't but rather a different depiction of the image that went on the medallion. A picture of the actual medallion can be found at http://statevillespeaksloyola.wordpress.com/images-of-prisoners/anti-slavery-medallion-josiah-wedgewood-1787/ however, we can't just copy it as the copyright status of the picture is not known. Someone probably should find a legit picture.--Erp (talk) 00:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added quotes section[edit]

==Quotes ==

The society was "absolutely without precedent...If you pore over the histories of all peoples, I doubt that you will find anything more extraordinary." -- Alexis de Tocqueville

May1787 (talk) 08:40, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

added BBC quote[edit]

"In 1787, approximately three quarters of the people on Earth lived under some form of enslavement, serfdom, debt bondage or indentured servitude. There were no slaves in Britain itself, but the vast majority of its people accepted slavery in the British West Indies as perfectly normal."^[1]

May1787 (talk) 08:46, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Adam Hochschild. The Unsung Heroes of Abolition.

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May1787 (talk) 05:35, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Adam Hochschild. The Unsung Heroes of Abolition.

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