Maucaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838.

Dates:
Birth 1768
Death 1838

Biographical notes:

Zachary Maucalay (1768-1838), English philanthropist and abolitionist, member of the Clapham Sect; governor of the Freedom Province, a colony established in Sierra Leone for the freed slaves (1793-99); secretary of the Sierra Leone Company (1799-1808); editor of the Christian observer (1802-1823); and one of the founders of the Anti-Slavery society.

From the description of Papers of Zachary Maucaulay, 1793-1888. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443612

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Subjects:

  • Abolitionists
  • Antislavery movements
  • Clapham Sect
  • Freedmen
  • Slave trade

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Places:

  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Calcutta (India) (as recorded)
  • Sierra Leone (as recorded)