| 词条 | William Morgan (abolitionist) |
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| name = William Morgan | image = William_Morgan_the_abolitionist.jpg | image_size = 240px | caption = William Morgan in a detail from a painting at the National Portrait Gallery.[1] | birth_name = | birth_date = 1815 | death_date = c. 1890[2] }}William Morgan (1815–c.1890) was a leading member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society[3] whose members were very influential in abolitionist movements in Britain. He became the Town clerk in Birmingham[3] and gave a collection of books to Birmingham Library.[2] Morgan was the third son of the Reverend Thomas Morgan.[4] Morgan was trained as a solicitor and worked in Birmingham.[5] He was an active member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society which campaigned for abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1838. On the anniversary of the abolition a celebration was again held in Birmingham and it was Morgan who distributed information and invitations to the local Sunday Schools.[6] Morgan was a founder of the local Baptist Union and served as secretary to the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society[5] when British slavery was made illegal (in 1838). The picture above shows him at the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention which was organised by Morgan's colleague Joseph Sturge. Morgan served as a secretary at the 1840 convention. He continued to work with Sturge during the 1850s. In 1866, the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society sent Morgan to Jamaica.[5] Morgam had married Henrietta Barnard on 6 March 1841 from Nailsworth in Gloucestershire.[4] Works
References1. ^National Portrait Gallery {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, William}}2. ^1 William Morgan at Connecting Histories.org.uk, accessed 29 July 2008 3. ^1 The Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society, Connecting Histories.org.uk, accessed 29 July 2008 4. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=jOYRAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22william+morgan%22+++birmingham+third&lr=&client=firefox-a&pg=PA191&ci=461,1093,447,144&source=bookclip The Baptist Magazine], Baptist Missionary Society 5. ^1 2 Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination 1830-67, Catherine Hall, {{ISBN|978-0-7456-1821-0}} 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zg9-q6n0PxgC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=anti+slavery+%22William+Morgan+%22+-mason+-york&source=web&ots=Uk0A6W0ep_&sig=10t810uUePIhgSpNNdy8d2jJ8GM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA93,M1 The Culture of English Antislavery, 1780-1860], David Turley, 1991, p.93, {{ISBN|0-415-02008-5}} 5 : 1815 births|1890 deaths|People from Birmingham, West Midlands|English abolitionists|Local government officers in England |
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