Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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Later 1783: The first Anti-Slavery Committee was founded...
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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.
Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson, 1980.
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22 May 1787: The Society for the Abolition of the Slave...
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
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Bayly, Christopher Alan. Atlas of the British Empire. Facts on File, 1989.
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Walvin, James et al. “Ignatius Sancho: The Man and His Times”. Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters, National Portrait Gallery, 1997, pp. 93-113.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
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June 1787: A report from the Yearly Meeting of Quakers...
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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.