Thomas Clarkson manuscript material : 1 item 1845

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Thomas Clarkson manuscript material : 1 item 1845

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Thomas Clarkson, British slavery abolitionist. To a Susanna Hunter of No. 2, North Queen Street, Belfast, Ireland : 1 autograph letter signed : 29 Jan 1845 : (MISC 0864) : complying with an autograph request. Includes slip with Clarkson's signature twice, and a stamped envelope with complete wax seal.

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Hunter, Susanna

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Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

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Philanthropist. Entered St John's 1780. B.A. 1783. Clarkson won the members prize for Latin essay in 1785, the subject being a question 'anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare?' ('is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?') This contest determined the course of the rest of his life. The essay was read in the Senate House to much applause in June 1785, and published by James Phillips in June 1786. He met William Wilberforce in 1786 and co-founded a committee for the suppr...