Glasgow Emancipation Society

Glasgow Emancipation Society

The Glasgow Emancipation Society was a group of Glaswegians who formed an anti-slavery abolitionist group. Prominent members included James McCune Smith and William Smeal.

ee also

*James McCune Smith
*University of Glasgow

References

*cite web | url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSE00881 | title=William Smeal | publisher= The Glasgow Story | accessdate=2007-01-05
*cite web | url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REsmeal.htm | title= Jane Smeal | publisher= www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk | accessdate=2007-01-05
*cite web | url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSDH&PHPSESSID=17713de792b7c84332ae83da33928795 | title= Second City of The Empire: 1830s to 1914, Personalities | publisher= The Glasgow Story | accessdate=2007-01-05


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