In 1785, a young student named Thomas Clarkson entered an essay contest at Cambridge University. The question: Is it lawful to enslave another human being? Clarkson wasn’t a saint. He was ambitious. He wanted to win and make a name for himself. And he got it: first prize, a fancy ceremony and applause. But something stuck with him. On the way home, riding his horse near the village of Wadesmill, he stopped. He kept thinking: If what I’ve written is true, that slavery is a profound moral atrocity

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