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Thomas Clarkson
Passed away Sep 26, 1846

Thomas Clarkson 🇬🇧 (Thomas Clarkson)

Key organizer and indefatigable investigator of the British abolitionist movement who rode 35,000 miles gathering evidence, slave shackles, and eyewitness testimony that enabled the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

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William Knibb
Passed away Nov 15, 1845

William Knibb 🇬🇧 (William Knibb)

English Baptist missionary in Jamaica who defied colonial planter mobs, testified before the British Parliament, and founded 'Free Villages' where newly emancipated enslaved families could purchase their own independent land.

Falmouth (Trelawny), Jamaica 3 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Elizabeth Fry
Passed away Oct 12, 1845

Elizabeth Fry 🇬🇧 (Elizabeth Gurney)

Quaker reformer revered as the 'Angel of Prisons' who transformed conditions for incarcerated women and children in Newgate Prison and founded modern prison reform.

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Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney)
Passed away Oct 12, 1845

Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney) 🇬🇧 (Elizabeth Fry)

Philanthrope quaker britannique surnommée « l'Ange des prisons », pionnière du traitement humain des détenus et de l'éducation des prisonnières.

Barking, London, United Kingdom 7 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Bienheureux Edmund Ignatius Rice
Passed away Aug 29, 1844

Bienheureux Edmund Ignatius Rice 🇮🇪 (Éamann Iognáid Rís)

Commerçant irlandais fortuné qui renonça à ses biens après le décès de sa femme pour fonder les Frères Chrétiens et ouvrir des écoles gratuites pour les garçons pauvres de Waterford.

Waterford, Ireland 6 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Vénérable Catherine Elizabeth McAuley
Passed away Nov 11, 1841

Vénérable Catherine Elizabeth McAuley 🇮🇪 (Catherine McAuley)

Femme de foi et bienfaitrice irlandaise, fondatrice des Sœurs de la Miséricorde (Sisters of Mercy) consacrées aux soins hospitaliers et à la protection des femmes démunies.

Dublin, Ireland 5 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Samuel Sharpe
Passed away May 23, 1832

Samuel Sharpe 🇯🇲 (Samuel Sharpe)

National Hero of Jamaica and enslaved Baptist deacon 'Daddy Sharpe' who organized the massive 1831 Baptist War rebellion involving 60,000 enslaved people, whose moral courage accelerated British parliamentary abolition in 1833.

Montego Bay (St James), Jamaica 3 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Richard Allen
Passed away Mar 26, 1831

Richard Allen 🇺🇸 (Richard Allen)

Founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the first independent Black denomination in the United States, and foremost civil rights pioneer.

Philadelphia, United States 2 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Absalom Jones
Passed away Feb 13, 1818

Absalom Jones 🇺🇸 (Absalom Jones)

First African American ordained as an Episcopal priest, co-founder of the Free African Society, and heroic nurse during the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic.

Philadelphia, United States 2 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Paul Cuffe
Passed away Sep 07, 1817

Paul Cuffe 🇺🇸 (Paul Cuffe)

African-Wampanoag ship captain, Quaker merchant, and civil rights pioneer who built his own fleet, founded integrated schools, and led early emigration to Sierra Leone.

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Granville Sharp
Passed away Jul 06, 1813

Granville Sharp 🇬🇧 (Granville Sharp)

Pioneering British abolitionist civil servant who financed and litigated the landmark 1772 Somerset v Stewart case ruling slavery illegal on English soil, co-founding the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

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Benjamin Rush
Passed away Apr 19, 1813

Benjamin Rush 🇺🇸 (Benjamin Rush)

Père fondateur des États-Unis, signataire de la Déclaration d'indépendance, médecin héroïque de l'épidémie de 1793 et père de la psychiatrie américaine.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 5 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Anthony Benezet
Passed away May 03, 1784

Anthony Benezet 🇫🇷 (Antoine Benezet)

French-born American Quaker educator and philosopher hailed as the 'Father of Atlantic Abolitionism', who founded the first public school for Black children in Philadelphia and convinced American and British Quakers to outlaw slavery.

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John Woolman
Passed away Oct 07, 1772

John Woolman 🇺🇸 (John Woolman)

Prédicateur quaker itinérant américain, artisan majeur de l'abandon de l'esclavage par la Société des Amis et pionnier de la justice économique.

York, United Kingdom 6 views 🕯️ 0 candles
William Penn
Passed away Jul 30, 1718

William Penn 🇬🇧 (William Penn)

Fondateur de la province de Pennsylvanie, pionnier de la liberté religieuse, de la démocratie participative et des traités de paix équitables avec les Amérindiens.

Jordans, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom 4 views 🕯️ 0 candles
George Fox
Passed away Jan 13, 1691

George Fox 🇬🇧 (George Fox)

Fondateur de la Société religieuse des Amis (Quakers), précurseur de l'égalité spirituelle absolue et du témoignage pacifiste de non-violence.

Islington, London, United Kingdom 6 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Saint Vincent de Paul
Passed away Sep 27, 1660

Saint Vincent de Paul 🇫🇷 (Vincent de Paul)

Prêtre français, figure tutélaire de la charité catholique organisée, fondateur de la Congrégation de la Mission (Lazaristes) et cofondateur des Filles de la Charité.

Paris, France 5 views 🕯️ 0 candles
Sainte Louise de Marillac
Passed away Mar 15, 1660

Sainte Louise de Marillac 🇫🇷 (Louise de Marillac)

Religieuse française et sainte, cofondatrice avec Vincent de Paul des Filles de la Charité, proclamée sainte patronne des travailleurs sociaux.

Paris, France 6 views 🕯️ 0 candles
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