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Thomas Fowell Buxton, engraving 1835
Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1835

Thomas Fowell Buxton

Norfolk's recognition of Thomas Fowell Buxton as one of the forces behind the abolition of slavery in the UK is long overdue, according to Professor Howard Temperley.

Title: Thomas Fowell Buxton
Film maker:Professor Howard Temperley
Length:3'35"
Date:April 2007
Subject:teaching, politics, abolition, slavery

Professor Howard Temperley has written extensively on slavery and the abolition movement.

Now he's calling for Norfolk to give proper recognition to one of the main protagonists in the campaign to abolish the slave trade; Thomas Fowell Buxton.

Fowell Buxton finished what William Wilberforce started and saw through the changes in reform which brought about an end to Britain's participation in this cruel trade.

Fowell Buxton spent much of his life in Norfolk after marrying into one of its major families, the Gurneys.

Professor Temperley believes that Norfolk has much to gain through recognising and celebrating its adopted son.

Howard Temperley is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of East Anglia and has authored a number of books on the slavery issue including:

  • British Antislavery, 1833-1870, London and Columbia, South Carolina, Longman and University of South Carolina Press
  • White Dreams, Black Africa: The Antislavery Expedition to the Niger, 1841 to 1842, New Haven and London, Yale University Press

Engraving of Thomas Fowell Buxton courtesy of Norwich Castle Museum
and Art Gallery.

last updated: 25/04/07
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Wilbert Hope (wilberthope@earthlink.net)
I think Norfolk should have the museum in memory of Buxton.My village (bought by slaves)in Guyana where I grew up is named Buxton. It would be interesting to know how the decision was made to name this village Buxton

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