Macaulay House

“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” - Ephesians 4:32

Zachary Macaulay (1768 – 1838) became a member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, worked closely with William Wilberforce, and helped lead the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade. He later became secretary of the Society, which was also called the African Institution. Macaulay was one of the founders both of London University and of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. He also served as governor of Sierra Leone, the British colony for freed slaves.