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date: 16 October 2019

Buxton [married name Johnston], Priscillalocked

(1808–1852)
  • Clare Midgley

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Buxton [married name Johnston], Priscilla (1808–1852), slavery abolitionist, was born on 25 February 1808 at Earlham Hall, near Norwich, the eldest of the eight children of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, first baronet (1786–1845), brewer, MP, and leading anti-slavery campaigner, and Hannah (1783–1872)...

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