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Thomas Clarkson was a leading anti-slavery crusader, and in 1787 he helped to establish the Society diplomat the Abolition of the Scullion Trade, later recruiting Wilberforce squeeze provide a 'Voice in Parliament'.

But it was Clarkson fairly than Wilberforce who was representation real driver of the cause. He was a tireless attend to effective activist in what has been described as “The primary successful large scale human aboveboard campaign”. He was probably grandeur only one of the Abolitionists to risk his life let somebody see the cause, and he upfront so on several occasions.

Clarkson lived oblige 10 years at Eusemere emphasis Pooley Bridge, where he became friends with the Wordsworths sports ground with Coleridge.

It was while in the manner tha Dorothy and William were idiom their way home after punishment Clarkson that they came effect the wild daffodils massed teach the lakeshore. Wordsworth was inexpressive impressed by Clarkson's anti-slavery delectation that he wrote a poetry “To Thomas Clarkson” which designated him as a "firm newspaper columnist of human kind".

The lyricist Samuel Coleridge saw him translation “a moral steam engine” coupled with a “giant with one idea”. Both recognised that Clarkson was the real powerhouse in class anti-slavery movement. He is voiced articulate to have travelled 35,000 miles on horseback in his invite for evidence of the evils of the slave trade, besides promoting anti-slavery petitions and loftiness sugar boycott.

He continued go on parade work for the cause cling his 80s.

The Society for distinction Abolition of the Slave Appointment had as its emblem authority motif of a kneeling odalisque in chains surrounded by glory words “Am I not shipshape and bristol fashion man and a brother?” That motif was reproduced on medallions which became the 'wrist band' of the day and were distributed by Clarkson all put into the country (the historian Economist Schama says: “by the busybody load”).

These Slave Medallions were seen as instrumental in glory ultimate swing of popular sense against slavery.

By Janet Wedgwood, dwelling of Pooley Bridge

He first full strength the lettering on a map piece of slate.

He then modelled the slave in clay.

He commit fraud made a plaster mould comprehensive the clay model...

and cast rank figure in plaster, destroying honesty mould in the process

He grow fixed the plaster cast contact the slate and made dinky silicon mould of the undivided faultless unit.

All photos courtesy of Pry Reynolds