The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society is…

The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society is founded in 1839 by the radical element of an older anti-slavery society (the Agency Committee of the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions) to campaign worldwide against the practice of slavery. (Refounded in 1990 as Anti-Slavery International to draw attention to the continuing problem of slavery worldwide and campaign for its recognition and abolition in the countries most affected today, it is today the UK affiliate of Free the Slaves and works entirely combating slavery and related abuse.)