Research Catalog

Title

Letter to Rev. Henry Foster Burder, December 4, 1808

Author

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

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Additional Authors

Burder, Henry Forster, 1783-1864

Description

2 unnumbered pages; 23 cm

Summary

Handwritten letter to Rev. Henry Foster Burder, from Bury, dated December 4, 1808 and signed by Thomas Clarkson. 40 lines of 2 sides of folded 4to sheet, integral address leaf with wax stamp. Although addressed to H.L. Burder, this is almost certainly to Henry Foster Burder, an non-conformist minister and one of the founders of the Religious Tract Society and London Missionary Society. After the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807, Clarkson redirected his energies into ensuring the effective enforcement of the new law and the eventual abolition of slavery itself. Autograph letter signed (ALS).

Subjects

• Slave trade > Africa > Correspondence
• Slave trade > Great Britain > Correspondence
• Slavery > Colonies > Great Britain
• Slavery > Law and legislation > Great Britain > Correspondence
• Abolitionists > Great Britain > Correspondence
• Slaves > Emancipation > Correspondence
• Antislavery movements > Great Britain > Correspondence
• Great Britain > Politics and government > 18th century

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.
• "Bury. December 4, 1808"--Page 1.

Source (note)

• Sidney Lapidus

Call Number

Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 4 Folder 1

OCLC

949809760

Author

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846, correspondent.

Title

Letter to Rev. Henry Foster Burder, December 4, 1808

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

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Added Author

Burder, Henry Forster, 1783-1864, recipient.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 4 Folder 1