Headstone of Joseph Pease in Darlington Friends' Burial Ground
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Description
"Joseph Pease was a member of the influential Darlington Quaker family and a wool manufacturer. He was an activist in the anti-slavery movement and took particular interest in abolishing slavery in India. He was a delegate at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840 and a sitter for Haydon's painting of the event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Anti-Slavery_Society_Convention,_1840_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon.jpg. He was a brother of the railway pioneer, Edward Pease, who was the main financier of the Stockton & Darlington Railway." Photo by John Lucas, 2012. -
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John Lucas -
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What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4308685
Resource type: Image
Added by: Splat
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Picture Taken: 2012-08-17 -
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