slave trade journey in the uk By 17khanj@ctk.lancs.sch.uk 1562 First slaving expedition by John Hawkins 1672 Africans carry Africans to the Americas 1725 Birth of John Newton 1731 birth of William Cowper 1735 Birth of Granville Sharp 1743 Birth of Toussaint Louverture 1745 Birth of Olaudah Equiano 1759 Birth of William Wilberforce 1760 Birth of Thomas Clarkson 1769 Birth of Elizabeth Heyrick 1772 Granville Sharp won an historic ruling in the Somerset case which held that no slave could be forcibly removed from Britain 1778 Slavery made illegal in Scotland. 1786 Thomas Clarkson, publishes A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of its Abolition 1787 John Newton publishes Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade 1789 Olaudah Equiano publishes The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African 1789 The play The Benevolent Planters is published. 1789 The play The Benevolent Planters is published.