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Who wrote petitions to the British Parliament and launched a sugar boycott in their effort to abolish slavery?

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The Quakers wrote petitions to the British Parliament and launched a sugar boycott in their effort to abolish slavery?
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The Sugar Boycott was led by members of the Quaker faith, including important female voices such as Elizabeth Heyrick from Leicester who recognised the ways in which the sugar trade was helping to support the slave trade.
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