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1839 Clarkson given the freedom of the City of London

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Draft of the Resolution of the Court of Common Council of the City of London giving Clarkson the freedom of the city 1839. It Shows how Thomas Clarkson was regarded in his own lifetime.

"Requests Thomas to sit for a marble bust to be placed in the court “to the public services and worth of one who had the merit of originating, and has the consolation of living to witness the triumph of the great struggle for the deliverance of the enslaved African from the most oppressive bondage that ever tried the endurance of afflicted humanity; thereby obtaining for his country the high distinction of separating her commercial greatness from principles incompatible with the exercise of the religion of mercy, and achieving a moral victory whose trophies shall endure while justice, freedom, the clemency of power, and the peaceful glories of civilisation, shall have a place in the admiration of mankind."

St John's College Library, Cambridge (Folder 3 Doc 68). By Permission of the Master and Fellows of St John's College Cambridge.

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8th Sep 2007 by Diane Earl

Subjects:
Citizenship, History

Key Stages:
Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+


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