Surrey Quakers in Black History Month

Surrey Quakers feature in an archive collection exploring the local abolition movement

by Rebecca Hardy 9th October 2020

Surrey Quakers feature in an archive collection exploring the local abolition movement to celebrate Black History Month. The material was compiled by the Surrey Heritage team as part of its ‘Marvel of the Month’ collection for the Surrey History Centre. The October archives explore Surrey’s contribution to the campaign against Britain’s slave trade in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. Surrey Quakers feature alongside MP Henry Drummond and Guildford Anti-Slavery Committee, and political reformer Stephen Lushington.