Hertfordshire and the Slave Trade

Anti-Slavery Society in Hitchin, 1825
Hitchin was one of the first towns in Hertfordshire to set up its own Anti-Slavery Society. Quakers in Hitchin had been ...
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William Cowper and the abolition of the slave trade
Letters from anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce to Abel Smith
Letters from William Wilberforce to Abel Smith, 1822-30 Abel Smith of Woodhall Park, Watton-at-Stone, is 33 when the aging Wilberforce writes ...
Petition from Hertford and North Herts re the abolition of slavery, 1830
This petition was sent by Hertfordshire freeholders to William Hale, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, calling for a county meeting to petition Parliament ...
Petitions from Hemel Hempstead re the abolition of slavery, 1830
Two petitions sent from Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, and the surrounding area. The first calls for the ‘effectual mitigation’ or gradual abolition ...
Thundridge Primary School and the Thomas Clarkson Monument
A school project as part of the Hertfordshire Hidden Histories project

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Cheshunt. King James Compensation
It’s hard to say no to a king. James I preferred Theobalds Palace to his own at Hatfield, so arranged ...
Cheshunt. George Robson
Cussans reports that George Robson, by a deed dated in 1616, gave 12 poles of land (303 sq m) ‘whereon ...

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