A crowd gathered in Exeter Hall, London, to hear speakers on the abolition of the slave trade. Coloured engraving by J. Harris, 1840, after S. Blunt.

London (96 Strand) : Ackermann & Co, June 20th 1840.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 18.6 x 28.1 cm

Meeting of the Society for the extinction of the slave trade, & for the civilization of Africa, on the 1st. June 1840, at Exeter Hall: His Royal Highness Prince Albert, for the President, presided. Drawn by S. Blunt. Engraved by J. Harris.

1 June 1840, a precursor to the World Anti-Slavery Convention, which took place in the same hall (Exeter Hall in the Strand, London) on 12-23 June 1840

Wellcome Collection 37925i