Thomas Clarkson: The First Abolitionist
Channel: Foundation for Economic Education
Date: 2018-07-26

The brutal and cruel transatlantic slave trade lasted for more than 300 hundred years. In 1785, Thomas Clarkson, a man you've probably never heard of, firmly held to his belief that no man can rightly claim ownership over another. That year he vowed to end the transatlantic slave trade. This is his story.

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