Travers Buxton (1865–1945) was an

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anti-slavery activist.

Early life

Travers was a member of the Buxton family which had been involved in

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in the

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for several generations.

Thomas Fowell Buxton Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Buxton of Belfield and Runton (1 April 1786Olwyn Mary Blouet, "Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, first baronet (1786–1845)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online ed ...

had been a founder of the

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. His grandson, also called

was president of the society in 1901.

Anti-slavery work

Travers became secretary of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (ASS) in 1898. He was the Society's representative to the campaign against Leopold II's

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. In 1909 when the ASS merged with the

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he became secretary of the new organisation. In 1921,

W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relativel ...

invited Travers to organise the 2nd Pan-African Congress.

Publications

''William Wilberforce, The Story of the Great Crusade''
1900 * ''British East Africa back to slavery: An appeal to the Rt. Hon.

Lewis Harcourt Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (born Reginald Vernon Harcourt; 31 January 1863 – 24 February 1922), was a British Liberal Party politician who held the Cabinet post of Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915. Lord ...

'', 1914

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buxton, Travers 1865 births 1945 deaths