The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840. Painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846). Oil on canvas (297,2 x 383,6 cm), 1841. This painting depicts the 1840 convention of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS), founded to promote worldwide abolition. Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), President of the Convention, addresses the meeting of the delegates. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom.

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Size: 5262px × 4110px
Photo credit: © Prisma Archivo / Alamy / Afripics
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