Submitted on Sunday 17th April 2022
Rejected on Thursday 21st April 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Rename Gladstone Park in London Thomas Clarkson Park.
I would like the government to consider changing the name to Thomas Clarkson Park.This would provide an excellent tribute to a man who did so much to get rid of slavery.
In1787 he helped to establish the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, later recruiting Wilberforce to provide a 'Voice in Parliament'. It was Clarkson rather than Wilberforce who was the real driver of the campaign. He was a tireless and effective activist.He was probably the only one of the Abolitionists to risk his life for the cause, and he did so on several occasions.He is said to have travelled 35,000 miles on horseback in his quest for evidence of the evils of the slave trade,
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