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Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet was a British philanthropist and politician who, in 1822, succeeded William Wilberforce as leader of the campaign in the House of Commons for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies and thus was partly responsible for the Abolition Act of August 28,
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Buxton of Belfield and Runton (1 April 1786 – 19 February 1845) was an English Member of Parliament, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer. He married Hannah Gurney, whose sister became Elizabeth Fry, and became a great friend of her father Joseph Gurney and the extended Gurney family .
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, politician, philanthropist and slave trade abolitionist, was born on 1st April 1786, eldest son of Thomas and Anna (Hanbury). He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and in 1807 married Hannah Gurney (d.1872), who came from a Quaker family.
A biography of Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845), the anti-slavery campaigner. Includes bibliography, links, and images
Jun 11, 2018 · Buxton, Thomas Fowell (1786–1845). Anti-slavery campaigner and quaker philanthropist, Buxton married Hannah Gurney (sister of Elizabeth Fry). In 1808 he joined the quaker brewers Truman, Hanbury & Co. (his mother was a Hanbury), which brought him into contact with the London poor of Spitalfields.
Jun 5, 2024 · Thomas Fowell Buxton, who entered Parliament in 1818 continued their work and took over the leadership of the movement from Wilberforce in 1823, though Wilberforce remained in Parliament to support him. Buxton succeeded in having slavery abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833 by Act of Parliament.
THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON (1786-1845) Reformer and politician. Thomas Fowell Buxton was descended from a line of land owning merchants. His grand-father Isaac married Sarah Fowell of Fowelscombe, Devon, and from then on the eldest son took the name ‘Fowell’.
Mar 1, 2007 · Thomas Fowell Buxton: The fight for abolition. History will always show William Wilberforce as a leading light in the fight for slaves' freedom, but his successor - Norfolk's Thomas Fowell Buxton...
Dec 16, 2019 · In 1825, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton became the head of the anti-slavery party, continuing the struggle in Parliament until the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act freed all enslaved people in the British Empire.
Apr 13, 2009 · Early nineteenth century British abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton was an influential figure in early Victorian British history. He led the abolitionists' parliamentary efforts to emancipate British colonial slaves in the early 1830s.
