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of the Abolitionist movement in Britain

In reply to trev114

Mary Prince
Coguano
Equiano
Gronniosaw
Louis Lecesne

Five very interesting stories. I studied all five when doing my Masters on the black British presence in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Lecesne played a key role in securing equal rights for free people of colour in Jamaica under slavery. He was a colleague of Edward Jordan and Richard Hill.

In reply to trev114

Thanks for sharing.