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Thomas Clarkson

(1760–1846) Writer

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Thomas Clarkson was a writer.

Quick Facts About Thomas Clarkson

Born: March 28, 1760
Died: September 26, 1846
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The history of the rise, progress, and accomplishment ofthe abolition of the African slave-trade by the British Parliament

About Thomas Clarkson

Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended British trade in slaves.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Thomas Clarkson

Mankind have their local attachments. They have a particular regard for the spot, in which they were born and nurtured.

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Born

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We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose…

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Instruments

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When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

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Desire

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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated…

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Done

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There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice.

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Avarice

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It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

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Freedom

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Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property…

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Chance

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Should slavery be abolished there, (and it is an event, which, from these circumstances, we may reasonably expect to be produced in…

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Circumstances

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