The Testonites were an influential group of English abolitionists active in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The group of activists is named after Teston, Kent, where they began to meet at Barham Court, the home of Elizabeth Bouverie and country residence of Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, and Margaret Middleton (née Gambier), Lady Middleton, in the early 1780s.
The Testonites were an influential group of English abolitionists active in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The group of activists is named after Teston, Kent, where they began to meet at Barham Court, the home of Elizabeth Bouverie and country residence of Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, and Margaret Middleton (née Gambier), Lady Middleton, in the early 1780s.
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