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22 March 2007 - 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade - a set of 6 stamps commemorating the 200th anniverasry of the Slave Trade Act 1807.
The 1st class pair shows William Wilberforce and Olaudah Equiano,
the 50p pair Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson, and
the 72p pair Hannah More and Ignatius Sancho.
1st William Wilberforce - Member of Parliament for Hull, was the parliamentary leader of the Abolitionists and is depicted against an anti-slavery poster.
1st Olaudah Equiano - possibly the most prominent campaigner outside of the parliamentary group. A former slave, he brought the plight of kidnapped Africans to public attention through his highly successful autobiography The Interesting Narrative.
50p Granville Sharp - first Chairman of the Abolitionist movement and campaigned through his writings and the courts to have slavery made illegal in the UK.
50p Thomas Clarkson - travelled the country to collect evidence of the inhumanity of the trade for the abolition committee. Depicted against a contemporary plan of the way slaves were accommodated on the slave ships.
72p Hannah More - probably the most prominent female abolitionist, promoting the anti-slavery message through her poems, plays and religious writings.
72p Ignatius Sancho - born on a slave ship he later achieved his freedom and became a well-respected trader in London. He was the first African writer to be published in England.
