History 1401E Lecture : Slavery Resistance in Britain.docx
15 Apr 2012
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From 1700-1810, greatest slaving empire, first to move towards abolition though. Quakers (society of friends), non-conformists, believed in egalitarianism, emerged as conscientious objectors to slave trade, aligned with christian evangelists. Religious non-conformity breeds unorthodox view on slavery. Many people had vested interests in slavery (large plantation owners) John gladstone was extremely wealthy with plantations in caribbean and had a key voice in parliament against abolitionism. Society for abolition of slave trade in england. Thomas clarkson and granville sharp were radical non-conformist christian evangelists; sympathetic to french revolutionaries, spoke publicly for abolitionism, compiled data on slave trade such as number of slaves per ship. In parliament, william wilberforce, a christian intellectual, and author of. Practical christianity, becomes devout supporter of abolitionism and its mouthpiece in parliament. These men try to make the horrors of the slave trade visible in europe because the triangular slave trade doesn"t bring slaves to europe, but to the.
