Quotulatiousness

August 17, 2018

Thomas Clarkson: The First Abolitionist

Filed under: Africa, Britain, History, Liberty — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Foundation for Economic Education
Published on 26 Jul 2018

The brutal and cruel transatlantic slave trade lasted for more than 300 hundred years. In 1785, Thomas Clarkson, a man you’ve probably never heard of, firmly held to his belief that no man can rightly claim ownership over another. That year he vowed to end the transatlantic slave trade. This is his story.

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