Abolitionism Quiz
How many enslaved Africans are estimated to have been forcibly transported to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries?
anti-slavery
This week: Thomas Clarkson
Almost half a century before the ownership of slaves was finally outlawed across most of the British empire, a devout young student at St John’s College, Cambridge, entered an essay competition and won first prize. That 1785 essay – entitled…