What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Joseph Sturge 1793 - 1859 Quaker campaigner for peace, extension of the vote and the abolition of slavery. Lived in a house on this site 1824-1859 Recorded plaque organisation: Birmingham Civic Society.
Joseph Sturge was a prominent 19th-century British Quaker activist who played a crucial role in campaigns for peace, universal suffrage, and the abolition of slavery, significantly influencing social reform movements.
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