Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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Later 1783
The first Anti-Slavery Committee was founded (a precursor to the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
, composed chiefly of Quakers
) and The Case of our Fellow Creatures, the Oppressed Africans was published.
22 May 1787
The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
was founded in London, by Granville Sharp
, Thomas Clarkson
, and ten more, of whom nine were Quakers
.
June 1787
A report from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers
in this and the previous month noted a growing attention in many not of our religious society to the subject of Negro slavery.