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Priscilla Buxton and Andrew Johnston plaque

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Priscilla Buxton and Andrew Johnston plaque
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This commemorative plaque records: Priscilla Buxton. Resident 1839-55 The campaigning daughter of Thomas Buxton Brt to liberate all slaves. Married Andrew Johnston agent for Gurneys Bank on 1st August 1834 the day Emancipation Act was passed
Priscilla Buxton, daughter of anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Buxton, continued her family's work in advocating for the liberation of all slaves; she married Andrew Johnston, an agent for Gurneys Bank, on the same day the Emancipation Act was passed, symbolizing a personal and historical convergence of their shared abolitionist values.

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