Leeds Anti-Slavery Association

Leeds Anti-Slavery Association
Leeds Anti-Slavery Association
Formation1853
FounderWilson Armistead

Leeds Anti-Slavery Association was an abolitionist society established in Leeds in 1853 and founded by Wilson Armistead. It was the first such organisation to allow women to be members and to take committee roles. The association was active in Leeds, Yorkshire and North America, supplying abolitionist pamphlets to people on the east coast.

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