Quaker witness recognised by memorial plaque

Newcastle City Council has mounted a memorial plaque to commemorate visits by a leading American abolitionist

by Rebecca Hardy 9th March 2018

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.