The Anti-Slavery Reporter, 1825-1994

From the Library of Anti-Slavery International, London, England

18 reels 35mm silver microfilm, ISBN 1 897955 39 1

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The Anti-Slavery Reporter was founded in 1825 by Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838) who was its first and most influential editor. Father of the historian Lord Macaulay, Zachary was born in a manse in Argyll. He became at one time a manager of a slave plantation in Jamaica and so had first-hand knowledge of the condition of the slaves.

Under Zachary Macaulay and its subsequent editors the Anti-Slavery Reporter campaigned vigorously for the abolition of slavery throughout the world.

Its articles include detailed reports of the activities of the abolitionists; reports of the Parliamentary procedures which ultimately led to the abolition of slavery throughout Britain and her colonies; details of the political activities of pro and anti-slavery supporters in other countries; and the Annual Reports of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (later the Anti-Slavery Society and now known as Anti-Slavery International).

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