Samuel Bowly (1802–1884) was an English abolitionist and temperance advocate.
Bowly at the 1840 Anti-Slavery conference
Samuel Bowly
World Anti-Slavery Convention
The World Anti-Slavery Convention met for the first time at Exeter Hall in London, on 12–23 June 1840. It was organised by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, largely on the initiative of the English Quaker Joseph Sturge. The exclusion of women from the convention gave a great impetus to the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
Engraving depicting the exterior of Exeter Hall, reproduced on a 1909 postcard.