An early victory for supporters of this cause came in Lord Mansfield's decision in Somersett'sCase. To draw attention to this cause, the perpetrators of the Zong trial were charged with murder atthe b
An early victory for supporters of this cause came in Lord Mansfield's decision in Somersett'sCase. To draw attention to this cause, the perpetrators of the Zong trial were charged with murder atthe behest of Granville Sharp. This cause was backed by Henry Thornton and other members of theClapham Sect, and realized by an act sponsored by Thomas Buxton in 1833. An image advocatingthis cause shows a kneeling figure pleading, "Am I Not a (*) Man and a Brother?". The leading Britishadvocate of this cause was William Wilberforce, while it was realized outside of England by reforms likeBrazil's Golden Law of 1888. For 10 points, name this cause advocated in America by William LloydGarrison and John Brown, the subject of the Emancipation Proclamation.
An early victory for supporters of this cause came in Lord Mansfield's decision in Somersett'sCase.
Antislavery [or Abolitionism or Abolition of Slavery; accept equivalents; accept more specific answers like Abolishing the Slave Trade or Abolition of Slavery in Great Britain]