Josiah Wedgwood
Activist
Father of the industrialization and manufacturing of pottery, he founded the Wedgwood company and is well remembered for his fight against slavery.
He was afflicted with Smallpox as a child limiting his strength in his leg and ultimately leaving him unable to work the foot pedal of a potter's wheel.
He was able to mass produce an anti-slavery medallion featuring the words "Am I Not a Man and a Brother?" underneath the seal for the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
His grandchildren were
John Flaxman worked as a modeller under him.