# John Clarkson

> Lieutenant John Clarkson was a Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator and abolitionist. He was the younger brother of Thomas Clarkson, one of the central figures in the British abolitionist movement. As a Sierra Leone Company agent, John Clarkson was instrumental in the founding of Freetown, Sierra Leone as a haven for chiefly formerly enslaved African Americans first relocated to Nova Scotia by British military authorities following the American War of Independence.

*English abolitionist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-clarkson-q6226249

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1764-04-04
- **Died:** 1828-04-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 2.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 22.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 46.0 / 100

## Sources
- [John Clarkson (abolitionist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clarkson_(abolitionist))
- [جون كلاركسون (عسكرى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6226249)

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