Quaker witness recognised by memorial plaque
Newcastle City Council has mounted a memorial plaque to commemorate visits by a leading American abolitionist
Newcastle City Council has mounted a memorial plaque to commemorate visits by a leading American abolitionist to the home of the influential Quaker Richardson family.
Anti-slave activists Henry, Anna and Ellen Richardson raised £150 in the 1840s to free Frederick Douglass, who was a prominent campaigner for black emancipation and racial justice, from slavery.
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