Zachary Macaulay
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Zachary Macaulay was a Scottish statistician and abolitionist who was a founder of London University and of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and a Governor of British Sierra Leone.
Zachary Macaulay
Stone plaque erected in 1930 by London County Council at 5 The Pavement, Clapham
Sierra Leone Company
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The Sierra Leone Company was the corporate body involved in founding the second British colony in Africa on 11 March 1792 through the resettlement of Black Loyalists who had initially been settled in
Zachary Macaulay
…and introduced to William Wilberforce and Henry Thornton. In 1790, Macaulay visited Sierra Leone, the West African colony that was founded by the Sierra Leone Company for emancipated slaves. In 1792, he returned to serve on its Council. He was invested as Governor in 1794, and remained in that role until 1799. Macaulay…
Sierra Leone Company 20 cent coin