Clarkson, Thomas 1760-1846

Overview

Works:	509 works in 1,933 publications in 3 languages and 28,330 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Controversial literature Criticism, interpretation, etc Academic theses Sources Apologetic writings Personal correspondence
Roles:	Author, Other
Classifications:	HT1162, 301.4522

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Most widely held works about Thomas Clarkson

Thomas Clarkson : the friend of slaves by Earl Leslie Griggs( Book )
Thomas Clarkson : a biography by Ellen Gibson Wilson( Book )
Bury the chains : the British struggle to abolish slavery by Adam Hochschild( Book )
Thomas Clarkson: a monograph, being a contribution towards the history of the abolition of the slave-trade and slavery by James Elmes( Book )
A biographical sketch of Thomas Clarkson, M.A. : with occasional brief strictures on the misrepresentations of him contained in the life of William Wilberforce : and a concise historical outline of the abolition of slavery by Thomas Taylor( Book )

Thomas Clarkson and the campaign against slavery by Zerbanoo Gifford( Book )
Breaking the Trade: The Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire( Visual )
The man: the hero: the Christian! A eulogy on the life and character of Thomas Clarkson: delivered in the city of New-York; Dec. 1846 by Alexander Crummell( Book )
A biographical sketch of Thomas Clarkson ... : with occasional brief strictures on the misrepresentations of him contained in the life of William Wilberforce ; and a concise historical outline of the abolition of slavery by Thomas Taylor( Book )
A letter to Thomas Clarkson by James Cropper( Book )
The Clarksons of Wisbech and the abolition of the slave trade by Ellen Gibson Wilson( Book )
Henry Christophe & Thomas Clarkson; a correspondence by Henri Christophe( Book )
Poems on the abolition of the slave trade by James Montgomery( Book )
Description of Haydon's picture of the great meeting of delegates : held at the Freemasons' Tavern, June 1840, for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade throughout the world : Thomas Clarkson, president : now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly( Book )
Sketch of the life of Thomas Clarkson by Thomas Clarkson( Book )
Two letters on slavery in the United States addressed to Thomas Clarkson, esq by James Henry Hammond( Book )
The man: the hero: the Christian! A eulogium on the life and character of Thomas Clarkson: delivered in New York, Dec. 1846 by Alexander Crummell( Book )
Observations préliminaires sur une nouvelle édition d'un ouvrage intitulé "Histoire du commerce homicide appelé traite des noirs" by Henri Grégoire( Book )
A portraiture of the Christian profession and practice of the Society of the Friends : embracing a view of the moral education, discipline, peculiar customs, religious principles, political and civil economy, and character of that society by Thomas Clarkson( )
Wordsworth Library letters( )

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Most widely held works by Thomas Clarkson

The history of the rise, progress, and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade by the British Parliament by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

41 editions published between 1808 and 2011 in English and held by 722 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

145 editions published between 1768 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 685 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This 1786 publication is a translation of a prizewinning Latin essay written by Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) at Cambridge the previous year. Clarkson's deep research into the Atlantic slave trade instilled in him a sense of duty, inspiring him to devote his life to abolitionism. The publication of the essay introduced Clarkson to like-minded campaigners, notably William Wilberforce (1759-1833) and Granville Sharpe (1735-1813), with whom he helped to establish in 1787 the pioneering Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

The history of the rise, progress, and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade, by the British Parliament by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

75 editions published between 1808 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 674 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was a leading campaigner against slavery and the African slave trade. After graduating from St. John's College, Cambridge in 1783, Clarkson with Granville Sharp (1735-1813) founded the Committee for the Abolition of the African Slave Trade in 1787, which increased popular support for abolition and was the main campaigner behind the abolition of the slave trade. These volumes, first published in 1808, contain a unique contemporary account of the abolition movement from one of its major leaders. Clarkson describes in great detail the Quaker background to the abolitionist movement and the parliamentary debates leading to the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The contemporary arguments both in support and in opposition to abolition and the researches and actions of the abolition movement's members are described, creating an important historical record of the movement. Volume 2 describes the campaign from June 1788 until March 1808

An essay on the impolicy of the African slave trade by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

88 editions published between 1788 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 520 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

64 editions published between 1787 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 520 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A portraiture of Quakerism : taken from a view of the education and discipline, social manners, civil and political economy, religious principles and character, of the Society of Friends by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

18 editions published between 1806 and 1980 in English and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A standard history of the Quakers, written by a non-Quaker best known as one of Britain's leading anti-slavery advocates

Henry Christophe & Thomas Clarkson; a correspondence by Henri Christophe( Book )

14 editions published between 1952 and 1968 in English and held by 355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sierra Leone after a hundred years by E. G Ingham( Book )

13 editions published between 1894 and 1968 in English and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thoughts on the necessity of improving the condition of the slaves in the British colonies : with a view to their ultimate emancipation; and on the practicability, the safety, and the advantages of the latter measure by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

33 editions published between 1823 and 2007 in English and held by 266 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strictures on a Life of William Wilberforce by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

23 editions published between 1838 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An essay on the comparative efficiency of regulation or abolition, as applied to the slave trade by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

27 editions published in 1789 in English and Undetermined and held by 183 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A letter to the clergy of various denominations and to the slaveholding planters in the southern parts of U.S.A by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

18 editions published between 1841 and 2015 in English and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two letters on slavery in the United States addressed to Thomas Clarkson, esq by James Henry Hammond( Book )

14 editions published between 1845 and 2008 in English and held by 114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le cri des Africains, contre les Européens, leurs oppresseurs, ou, Coup d'œil sur le commerce homicide appelé traite des noirs by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

34 editions published between 1821 and 2014 in French and Undetermined and held by 113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thoughts on the necessity of improving the condition of the slaves in the British colonies, with a view to their ultimate emancipation : and on the practicability, the safety, and the advantages of the latter measure by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

35 editions published between 1823 and 2015 in English and held by 99 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A summary view of the slave trade and of the probable consequences of its abolition by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

19 editions published between 1787 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Essai sur les desavantages politiques de la traite des negres by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

30 editions published between 1789 and 2013 in French and German and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An account of the different charities belonging to the poor of the county of Norfolk : abridged from the returns under Gilbert's Act, to the House of Commons in 1786 ; and from the terriers in the office of the Lord Bishop of Norwich by Zachary Clark( Book )

5 editions published in 1811 in English and held by 76 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters on the slave-trade, and the state of the natives in those parts of Africa, which are contiguous to Fort St. Louis and Goree : written at Paris in December 1789, and January 1790 by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

17 editions published between 1791 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The substance of the evidence of sundry persons on the slave-trade : collected in the course of a tour made in the autumn of the year 1783 by Thomas Clarkson( Book )

22 editions published between 1789 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 55 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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