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 *1727: English Quakers begin to express their official disapproval of the slave trade.
 *From the 1750s, a number of Quakers in Britain's American colonies begins to oppose slavery, and call on English Quakers to take action with parliament. They encouraged their fellow citizens, including Quaker slave owners, to improve conditions for slaves, educate their slaves in Christianity, reading and writing, and gradually emancipate them.
-*1783: An informal group of six Quakers pioneers the British abolitionist movement when the London Society of Friends' yearly meeting presents its petition against the slave trade to Parliament, signed by over 300 Quakers.
+*1783: An informal group of six Quakers pioneers the British abolitionist movement when the London Society of Friends' yearly meeting presents its petition against the slave trade to Parliament, signed by over 300 Quakers. - They were influenced by publicity about the ''Zong'' massacre, as the ship owners were litigating a claim for insurance against losses due to more than 132 slaves having been killed on their ship.
-They were influenced by publicity that year about the ''Zong'' massacre, as the ship owners were litigating a claim for insurance against losses due to more than 132 slaves having been killed on their ship.
 *1787: The Quakers decide to form a small, committed, non-denominational group so as to gain greater Anglican and Parliamentary support. The new, non-denominational committee has nine Quaker members and three Anglicans. As Quakers were considered non-conformists (and were debarred from standing for Parliament), Anglican members strengthened the committee's likelihood of influencing Parliament.