John Clarkson
British abolitionist
Born on: April 4, 1764Died on: April 2, 1828
Aged: 63 years 364 days (767 months)
Birth Sign: Aries
Lieutenant John Clarkson was a Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator and abolitionist. He was the younger brother of Thomas Clarkson, one of the central figures in the British abolitionist movement.
As a Sierra Leone Company agent, John Clarkson was instrumental in the founding of Freetown, Sierra Leone as a haven for chiefly formerly enslaved African Americans first relocated to Nova Scotia by British military authorities following the American War of Independence.
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