John Barton (quaker)

John Barton (quaker)

John Barton (1755 - 1789) was one of the nine English Quaker members of the "Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade" set up in 1787 by William Wilberforce and two other Anglicans [http://www.quaker.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=92262 "Library Guide 9: Library sources on Quakers and the origins of the abolition movement" "Britain Yearly Meeting web site" Accessed 26 March 2007] ] . Their efforts ultimately led to the passing of the "Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, 1807" [http://slavetrade.parliament.uk/act_for_abolition.php "Parliament and the British Slave Trade 1600-1807" "British Parliament web site" Accessed 26 March 2007] ] by British Parliament on 25 March in that year.

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