Letter from Thomas Clarkson: I have to inform you that while I was in London, 1830 March 30.

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Letter from Thomas Clarkson: I have to inform you that while I was in London, 1830 March 30.

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Clarkson writes to Irish abolitionist Edward Wilcox on the subject of slavery in the British Colonies, and Parliament's unwillingness to pass meaningful legislation against it. He affirms his support of Wilcox's new anti-slavery group (likely the Hibernian Negro's Friend Society), and encourages him to continue rallying abolitionist sentiment among the Irish populace.

4 p.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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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...