Headstone of Joseph Pease in Darlington Friends' Burial Ground
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Headstone of Joseph Pease in Darlington Friends' Burial Ground
Image: © John Lucas Taken: 17 Aug 2012
Joseph Pease was a member of the influential Darlington Quaker family and a wool manufacturer. He was an activist in the anti-slavery movement and took particular interest in abolishing slavery in India. He was a delegate at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840 and a sitter for Haydon's painting of the event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Anti-Slavery_Society_Convention,_1840_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon.jpg. He was a brother of the railway pioneer, Edward Pease, who was the main financier of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
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Image Location
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54.524082
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-1.558408