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William Morgan (1815–c.1890) was a leading member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society〔(The Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society ), Connecting Histories.org.uk, accessed 29 July 2008〕 whose members were very influential in abolitionist movements in Britain. He became the Town clerk in Birmingham〔 and gave a collection of books to Birmingham Library.〔 Morgan was the third son of the Reverend Thomas Morgan.〔(The Baptist Magazine ), Baptist Missionary Society〕 Morgan was trained as a solicitor and worked in Birmingham.〔Civilising Subjects: Metropole and Colony in the English Imagination 1830-67, Catherine Hall, ISBN 978-0-7456-1821-0〕 He was an active member of the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society which campaigned for abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1838. On the anniversary of the abolition a celebration was again held in Birmingham and it was Morgan who distributed information and invitations to the local Sunday Schools.〔(The Culture of English Antislavery, 1780-1860 ), David Turley, 1991, p.93, ISBN 0-415-02008-5〕 Morgan was a founder of the local Baptist Union and served as secretary to the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society〔 when British slavery was made illegal (in 1838). The picture above shows him at the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention which was organised by Morgan's colleague Joseph Sturge. Morgan served as a secretary at the 1840 convention. He continued to work with Sturge during the 1850s. In 1866, the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society sent Morgan to Jamaica.〔 Morgam had married Henrietta Barnard on 6 March 1841 from Nailsworth in Gloucestershire.〔 ==Works== * ''The Arabs of tía City or a Plea for Brotherhood with the Outcast'' - Address to the YMCA, Birmingham, 1853 (when he was Town Clerk of Birmingham), Hudson and Son, London 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Morgan (abolitionist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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