The British Anti-Slavery Movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_Anti-Slavery_Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:goal	abolition of slavery
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The British Anti-Slavery Movement
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:American_abolitionist_movement gptkb:Quaker
gptkbp:keyEvent	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 gptkb:Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade_Act_1807
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Anti-Slavery_International
gptkbp:method	public meetings pamphlets petitions parliamentary lobbying
gptkbp:notableEvent	formation of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1787 British West Indies emancipation in 1834 founding of Anti-Slavery International in 1839 mass petitioning campaigns in the 1790s
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:William_Wilberforce gptkb:Thomas_Clarkson gptkb:Granville_Sharp gptkb:Olaudah_Equiano
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Anti-Slavery_Society gptkb:Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:The_Interesting_Narrative_of_the_Life_of_Olaudah_Equiano gptkb:An_Essay_on_the_Slavery_and_Commerce_of_the_Human_Species
gptkbp:notableSupporter	gptkb:Josiah_Wedgwood gptkb:Zachary_Macaulay gptkb:James_Stephen gptkb:Hannah_More gptkb:Elizabeth_Heyrick
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:West_India_lobby
gptkbp:period	19th century late 18th century
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1824 gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807 gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1843 gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1873
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Abolitionism_in_Brazil gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States Abolitionism Abolitionism in France
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Quakers gptkb:Evangelical_Christians working-class activists
gptkbp:symbol	gptkb:Wedgwood_medallion_'Am_I_Not_a_Man_and_a_Brother?'
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Reginald_Coupland gptkb:Sir_Reginald_Coupland
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7