Leading campaigner against the slave trade. A founding member of The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, in 1787, whose work was later taken over by the Anti-Slavery Society.
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Thomas Clarkson
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Buxton Memorial Fountain
Due to strong shadows it was only on our fourth visit that we managed to take...
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Cy Grant
Actor, musician, writer and poet. Born Cyril Ewart Lionel Grant in Beterverwagting, British Guiana (modern day Guyana). He served in the Royal Air Force during WW2, and in Britain, he qualified as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Law, Music / songs, Race Issues, TV & Radio, South America
1 memorial
Lord Eldon
Lord Chancellor. 1st Earl of Eldon. Opposed both the abolition of the slave trade and Catholic emancipation.
1 memorial
Cecil Rhodes
Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...
1 memorial
Henry Laurens
American statesman. South Carolina planter and slave owner. 1783 negotiator for the Treaty of Paris.
1 memorial
Robert, Lord Clive, Clive of India
Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Gover...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Bengal, India
2 memorials